Isolation of a novel insertion sequence from Mycobacterium fortuitum using a trap vector based on inactivation of a lacZ reporter gene

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1157-1162

  Waskar, Morris ^a   Kumar, Deepak ^a,b   Kumar, Ajai ^a   Srivastava, Ranjana ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insertion sequence; Molecular trap; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Reporter gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; KANAMYCIN; PLASMID VECTOR; REPETITIVE DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ACETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTER PASTEURIANUS; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034082695     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-5-1157     Document Type: Article

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