Versatile insertion plasmids for targeted genome manipulations in bacteria: Isolation, deletion, and rescue of the pathogenicity island LEE of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 genome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4426-4428

  Pósfai, György ^a   Koob, Michael D ^b   Kirkpatrick, Heather A ^c   Blattner, Frederick R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030860064     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4426-4428.1997     Document Type: Article

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