Transposable Mu-like phages in Firmicutes: New instances of divergence generating retroelements

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 281-287

  Toussaint, Ariane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Laboratoire de génétique et physiologie bactérienne CP300   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diversity generating retroelements; Firmicutes; Phage host range variation; Transposable phages

Indexed keywords

PROCOLLAGEN C PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BORDETELLA; FIRMICUTES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEOBACTERIA; RETROPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PROPHAGES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETROELEMENTS;

BORDETELLA; FIRMICUTES; HARNESS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYNTROPHOBOTULUS GLYCOLICUS;

EID: 84877004668     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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