Transposon mutagenesis of Haemophilus paragallinarum with Tn916

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 283-291

  Gonzales, Annabel E ^a   Glisson, John R ^a   Jackwood, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemophilus paragallinarum; Mutagenesis; PAM120; Suicide plasmid; Tn916; Transposon

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POULTRY; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0029965827     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(95)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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