Effects of DNA size on transformation and recombination efficiencies in xylella fastidiosa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1712-1717

  Kung, Stephanie H ^a   Retchless, Adam C ^b   Kwan, Jessica Y ^b   Almeida, Rodrigo P P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Departments of and Environmental Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLANKING REGIONS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HOMOLOGOUS SEQUENCES; HORIZONTAL TRANSFER; MEAN SIZE; NATURAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PLANT DISEASE; RECOMBINATION EFFICIENCY; RECOMBINATION EVENTS; TRANSFERRED DNAS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

BACTERIA; DNA; EFFICIENCY; GENES;

DNA SEQUENCES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

DATA PROCESSING; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DNA; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HOMOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; XYLELLA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; XYLELLA;

EID: 84874682725     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03525-12     Document Type: Article

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