Vectors containing streptococcal bacteriophage integrases for site-specific gene insertion

Methods in Cell Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 51-57

  McShan, W Michael ^a   McLaughlin, Robert E ^a   Nordstrand, Annika ^b   Ferretti, Joseph J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene insertion; Plasmid vectors; Steptococci

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; INTEGRASE; PLASMID VECTOR; SERINE TRANSFER RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032458672     PISSN: 13815741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009773309163     Document Type: Article

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