Rapid and simultaneous detection of linear chromosome and large plasmids in Proteobacteria

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 736-739

  Ramírez Bahena, Martha Helena ^a   Nesme, Xavier ^a   Muller, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Chromid; Genome architecture; Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEOBACTERIA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84871055832     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100278     Document Type: Article

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