Positive selection vectors for allelic exchange

Gene

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-52

  Skorupski, Karen ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene replacement; Homologous recombination; rpsL; Streptomycin sensitivity; Suicide plasmid; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029926274     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00793-8     Document Type: Article

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