Xer site-specific recombination: Promoting vertical and horizontal transmission of genetic information

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Midonet, Caroline ^a   Barre, Francois Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE;

GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; METABOLISM;

INTEGRASES; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84959167180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MDNA3-0056-2014     Document Type: Article

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