Allelic exchange in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with long linear recombination substrates

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 273-279

  Balasubramanian, V ^a,b   Pavelka Jr , Martin S ^a   Bardarov, Stoyan S ^a   Martin, Jean ^a   Weisbrod, Torin R ^a   Mcadam, Ruth A ^a,c   Bloom, Barry R ^a   Jacobs Jr , William R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Astra Research Center   (India)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; KANAMYCIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COSMID; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030026375     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.273-279.1996     Document Type: Article

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