Failsafe mechanisms for preventing gene flow and organism dispersal of enhanced microbial biocontrol agents

NATO Security through Science Series A: Chemistry and Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 353-362

  Gressel, Jonathan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asporogenic; Dispersal; Failsafes; Fitness; Persistence; Recombination; Synergists; Tandem constructs; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749342636     PISSN: 18714641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5799-1_19     Document Type: Article

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