Defined oligonucleotide tag pools and pcr screening in signature-tagged mutagenesis of essential genes from bacteria

BioTechniques

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 473-480

  Lehoux, Dario E ^a   Sanschagrin, François ^a   Levesque, Roger C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLASMID VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032969363     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/99263st02     Document Type: Article

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