An in silico evaluation of Tn916 as a tool for generalized mutagenesis in Haemophilus influenzae Rd

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2525-2530

  Hosking, Sarah L ^a   Deadman, Mary E ^b   Moxon, E Richard ^b   Peden, John F ^b   Saunders, Nigel J ^b   High, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genome sequence; Haemophilus influenzae Rd; Tn916 mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE RD KW20; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031670715     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-9-2525     Document Type: Article

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