Introducing the bacterial 'chromid': Not a chromosome, not a plasmid

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 141-148

  Harrison, Peter W ^a   Lower, Ryan P J ^a   Kim, Nayoung K D ^a   Young, J Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BURKHOLDERIA; CHROMID; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REPLICON; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BACTERIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; REPLICON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950802816     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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