Pseudo-transposition of a Tn5 derivative in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 371-376

  Thomas, Christopher E ^a,c   Carbonetti, Nicholas H ^b   Sparling, P Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

illegitimate recombination; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; transposon Tn5

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PLASMIDS; REC A RECOMBINASES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0030589471     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00434-X     Document Type: Article

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