Use of a non-selective transformation technique to construct a multiply restriction/modification deficient mutant of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 509-517

  Gunn, John S ^a,b   Stein, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferase; Mutagenesis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Restriction endonuclease; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE DELETION; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0030015825     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050196     Document Type: Article

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