Evaluating Transmission Barriers to Escherichia coli x Saccharomyces cerevisiae interkingdom conjugation

Conjugation is a fundamentally important mechanism of horizontal DNA transfer between bacteria, bacteria x archea, and bacteria x eukaryotes. This work has concentrated on conjugation between bacteria x eukaryotes, specifically Escherichia coli x Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Four hypotheses were tested...

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Main Author: Haslett, Nicholas David
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Biological Sciences 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1373