Tn917 targets the region where DNA replication terminates in Bacillus subtilis, highlighting a difference in chromosome processing in the Firmicutes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7623-7627

  Shi, Qiaojuan ^a   Huguet Tapia, Jose C ^a   Peters, Joseph E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES;

EID: 72449161268     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01023-09     Document Type: Article

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