Innovation for ascertaining genomic islands in PAO1 and PA14 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3991-3999

  Song, Lei ^a,b   Zhang, XueHong ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative genome analysis; Genomic island (GI); Horizontal gene transfer (HGT); Integrase; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 71049169236     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0598-0     Document Type: Article

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