Transposition of IS1181 in the genomes of Staphylococcus and Listeria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-100

  Chesneau, Olivier ^a   Lailler, Renaud ^a   Derbise, Anne ^a   El Solh, Névine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Insertion sequence; Listeria monocytogenes; Mutagenesis; Shuttle vector; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus carnosus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOME; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS;

EID: 0032797884     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00296-7     Document Type: Article

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