Retrotransfer or gene capture: a feature of conjugative plasmids, with ecological and evolutionary significance
Microbiology (Reading)
.
1999 Dec:145 ( Pt 12):3321-3329.
doi: 10.1099/00221287-145-12-3321.
Authors
Cedric Szpirer
1
,
Eva Top
2
,
Martine Couturier
1
,
Max Mergeay
3
4
1
Affiliations
1
Laboratoire de Génétique des Prokaryotes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, IBMM, B-6041-Gosselies, Belgium1.
2
Laboratory for Microbial Ecology and Technology, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium2.
3
Laboratory of Microbiology, Radioactive Waste & Clean-up Division, Center of Studies for Nuclear Energy, SCK/CEN, B-2400 Mol, Belgium4.
4
Environmental Technology, Flemish Institute for Technological Research, VITO, B-2400 Mol, Belgium3.
PMID:
10627031
DOI:
10.1099/00221287-145-12-3321
No abstract available
Publication types
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
MeSH terms
Biological Evolution
Chromosomes, Bacterial / genetics
Conjugation, Genetic*
Ecology
Gene Transfer Techniques*
Plasmids / genetics*