Direct selection of IS903 transposon insertions by use of a broad-host-range vector: Isolation of catalase-deficient mutants of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 7298-7307

  Thomson, Valeri J ^a,b,e   Bhattacharjee, Mrinal K ^c   Fine, Daniel H ^d   Derbyshire, Keith M ^a,b   Figurski, David H ^c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KANAMYCIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PYRANOSIDE; TRANSPOSASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPOSON;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS;

EID: 0032720316     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.23.7298-7307.1999     Document Type: Article

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