Isolation and Characterisation of Broad-Host Range Gene Transporter Particles from Geo-Thermal Vent of the Toyoha Mine

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-30

  Chiura, Hiroshi Xavier ^a   Umitsu, Masataka ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

broad host range gene transfer; non specific gene transfer; thermal environments; virus like particle (VLP); xenotrophic virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549085963     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.20     Document Type: Article

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