Targeted gene-replacement mutagenesis of dcrA, encoding an oxygen sensor of the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1815-1826

  Fu, Rongdian ^a,b   Voordouw, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b The Molecular Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerotaxis; Desulfovibrio; Gene replacement; Oxygen sensor; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; MARKER GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUICIDE GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS STR. HILDENBOROUGH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030837663     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-6-1815     Document Type: Article

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