High-efficiency transposon mutagenesis by electroporation of a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 363-369

  Artiguenave, François ^a   Vilaginès, Roland ^a   Danglot, Claude ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche d'Expertise et de Contrôle des Eaux de Paris   (France)

Author keywords

Alkane utilization; Electroporation; Mini Tn5 Km; Plasmid; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPORATION; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRANSPOSON;

ALKANES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0030852013     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00275-9     Document Type: Article

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