Sexual isolation in Acinetobacter baylyi is locus-specific and varies 10,000-fold over the genome

Genetics

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1165-1181

  Ray, Jessica L ^a   Harms, Klaus ^a,b   Wikmark, Odd Gunnar ^a   Starikova, Irina ^a   Johnsen, Pål J ^a   Nielsen, Kaare M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b GenØk Centre for Biosafety   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME; DNA ISOLATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; NPTI GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350150370     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.103127     Document Type: Article

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