Development of a technique for multiple site-directed mutagenesis of the ftf gene of Streptococcus salivarius containing palindromic sequences

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 447-453

  Rathsam, Catherine ^a   Jacques, Nicholas A ^a  

^a Sydney Local Health District   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fructosyltransferase; Secondary structure; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; PALINDROMIC DNA; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; TECHNIQUE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; THERMOCOCCUS LITORALIS;

EID: 0030852804     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00288-7     Document Type: Article

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