Identification of Haemophilus influenzae Rd transformation genes using cassette mutagenesis

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 401-409

  Dougherty, Brian A ^a,b   Smith, Hamilton O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA transformation; Genetic competence; Genome sequence; Haemophilus influenzae; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0033032171     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-2-401     Document Type: Article

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