Nucleotide sequence analysis of the termini and chromosomal locus involved in site-specific integration of the streptococcal conjugative transposon Tn5252.

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Published in J Bacteriol on May 01, 1993

Authors

M N Vijayakumar1, S Ayalew

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078.

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