Construction and symbiotic competence of a luxA-deletion mutant of Vibrio fischeri

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 89-94

  Visick, Karen Gillen ^a   Ruby, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroporation; ES114; Euprymna scolopes; Luminescence; MJ1; Transduction

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DELETION MUTANT; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0030579150     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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