Unmarked gene integration into the chromosome of Mycobacterium smegmatis via precise replacement of the pyrF gene

Plasmid

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-140

  Knipfer, Nancianne ^a   Seth, Anjali ^a   Shrader, Thomas E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; COLONY FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY;

EID: 0031009872     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1997.1286     Document Type: Article

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