DNA sequence conservation between the Bacillus anthracis pXO2 plasmid and genomic sequence from closely related bacteria

BMC Genomics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Pannucci, James ^a   Okinaka, Richard T ^a   Williams, Erin ^a   Sabin, Robert ^a   Ticknor, Lawrence O ^a   Kuske, Cheryl R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 9444234433     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-3-34     Document Type: Article

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