Efficient targeted mutagenesis in Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2445-2452

  Bono, James L ^a   Elias, Abdallah F ^a   Kupko III, John J ^a   Stevenson, Brian ^a,b   Tilly, Kit ^a   Rosa, Patricia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MARKER GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; KANAMYCIN; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0034002143     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.9.2445-2452.2000     Document Type: Article

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