Integrase-directed recovery of functional genes from genomic libraries

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Rowe magnus, D A ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE;

ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 73049118635     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp561     Document Type: Article

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