Transfer of the shuttle vector pRRI207 between Escherichia coli and Bacteroides spp. in vitro and in vivo in the digestive tract of axenic mice and in gnotoxenic mice inoculated with a human microflora

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-43

  Garrigues Jeanjean, N ^a   Wittmer, A ^a   Ouriet, M F ^a   Duval Iflah, Y ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Axenic mice; Chromosomal element; Gnotoxenic mice; Human gut flora; Shuttle vector; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA TRANSFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032899998     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00128-7     Document Type: Article

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