Transposable phage Mu

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Harshey, Rasika M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSON; VIRAL PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION;

BACTERIOPHAGE MU; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, VIRAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84958818002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MDNA3-0007-2014     Document Type: Article

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