Transduction: Host DNA Transfer by Bacteriophages

Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 666-679

  Fineran, P C ^a   Petty, N K ^a   Salmond, G P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacteriophage; environmental transduction; gene transfer agents; generalized transduction; genetic tools; horizontal gene transfer; lambda; Mu; P1; P22; specialized transduction; T4

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904260433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373944-5.00015-8     Document Type: Chapter

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