Transposon mutagenesis and strain construction in Zymomonas mobilis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-388

  Pappas, K M ^a   Galani, I ^a   Typas, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMOSOMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CONDITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHIONINE; RESTRICTION ENZYMES; SIMPLE++; STRAIN CONSTRUCTIONS; TRANSCONJUGANTS; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; TRANSPOSON MUTAGENESIS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

MUTAGENESIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSPOSON; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0030907584     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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