Factors involved in the transformation of previously non-transformable Clostridium perfringens type B

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 185-191

  Chen, Chih Kuang ^a   Boucle, Catherine M ^a   Blaschek, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell recovery; Chromosomal integration; Clostridium perfringens; Electrotransformation; Methylation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; ELECTROPORATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0030199804     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00177-2     Document Type: Article

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