Development of a system for genetic manipulation of Bartonella bacilliformis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3441-3448

  Battisti, James M ^a   Minnick, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS;

EID: 0032771397     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3441-3448.1999     Document Type: Article

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