An effective strategy, applicable to Streptococcus salivarius and related bacteria, to enhance or confer electroporation competence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3800-3804

  Buckley, Nicole D ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Christian ^a   LeBlanc, Donald J ^b,d   Lee, Linda N ^c   Frenette, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 0032825172     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.3800-3804.1999     Document Type: Article

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