Multiple Pathways of Plasmid DNA Transfer in Helicobacter pylori

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Rohrer, Stefanie ^a   Holsten, Lea ^a   Weiss, Evelyn ^a   Benghezal, Mohammed ^b   Fischer, Wolfgang ^a   Haas, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA; ELECTROPORATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 84866648509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045623     Document Type: Article

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