A dual functional origin of transfer in the ICEclc genomic island of Pseudomonas knackmussii B13

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 743-758

  Miyazaki, Ryo ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC ISLAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS KNACKMUSSII;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC LOCI; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 78751687819     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07484.x     Document Type: Article

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