Novel miniature transposable elements in thermophilic Synechococcus strains and their impact on an environmental population

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3636-3642

  Nelson, William C ^a   Bhaya, Devaki ^b   Heidelberg, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNTENY; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 84864020007     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00333-12     Document Type: Article

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