A broad brush, global overview of bacterial sexuality

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Achtman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SEXUALITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENOMIC ISLAND; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; NOTE; PROKARYOTIC CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEINS;

EID: 80052326584     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002255     Document Type: Article

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