Novel Broad-host Range Gene Transfer Particles in Nature

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 249-264

  Chiura, Hiroshi Xavier ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquificales; Non specific gene transfer; Thermal environments; virus like particle (VLP); Xenotrophic virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007052045     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.249     Document Type: Article

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