Conjugative elements: Host chromosome function modifiers

Biodegradative Bacteria: How Bacteria Degrade, Survive, Adapt, and Evolve

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 129-152

  Shintani, Masaki ^a,b   Takahashi, Yurika ^c   Nojiri, Hideaki ^c  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fitness; Horizontal gene transfer; Integrative conjugative elements; Nucleoid associated protein; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921748132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54520-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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