Methods in Microbiology, Volume 29
Subtitle: Genetic Methods for Diverse Prokaryotes (Methods in Microbiology)
Contributors: Margaret C.M. Smith (Editor); Elizabeth Sockett (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: June 15, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780126523409
First sentence: The introduction of purified DNA into bacteria is an almost universally applicable means of transferring genes between organisms, and has the major advantage that no vector is required: the nucleic acid itself mediates information transfer.