Directed insertion of a selectable marker into a circular plasmid of Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5946-5953

  Rosa, Patricia ^a   Samuels, D Scott ^b   Hogan, Daniel ^a   Stevenson, Brian ^a   Casjens, Sherwood ^c   Tilly, Kit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUMAMYCIN A1; DNA FRAGMENT; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ELECTROPORATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0029792859     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.5946-5953.1996     Document Type: Article

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