Designed horizontal transfer of stable giant DNA released from Escherichia coli

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 819-822

  Kaneko, Shinya ^a   Itaya, Mitsuhiro ^a,b  

^a MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell lysis; DNase I sensitivity; natural genetic transformation; phage induction; plasmid transfer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77953700833     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvq012     Document Type: Article

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