Markerless deletions of pil genes in Myxococcus xanthus generated by counterselection with the Bacillus subtilis sacB gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5817-5821

  Wu, Samuel S ^a   Kaiser, Dale ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SUCROSE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029796393     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5817-5821.1996     Document Type: Article

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