Enhanced gene replacement in mycobacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 519-527

  Hinds, Jason ^a   Mahenthiralingam, Eshwar ^b   Kempsell, Karen E ^c   Duncan, Ken ^c   Stokes, Richard W ^b   Parish, Tanya ^a   Stoker, Neil G ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkali treated DNA; Haemolysin; Homologous recombination; Illegitimate recombination; UV irradiated DNA

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOMYCIN C;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033026248     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-3-519     Document Type: Article

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