Integrons: Gene collectors;integrones: Los coleccionistas de genes

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-78

  Di Conza, J A ^a,b   Gutkind, G O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Gene cassette; Integrase

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE;

GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTEGRON; PLASMID; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ARGENTINA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77951081462     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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