Identification of a hotspot for transformation of Neisseria meningitidis by shuttle mutagenesis using signature-tagged transposons

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-371

  Claus, H ^a   Frosch, M ^a   Vogel, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neisseria meningitidis; Shuttle mutagenesis; Signature tagged mutagenesis; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHUTTLE VECTOR; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031708136     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050823     Document Type: Article

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