New plasmid vectors for specific gene targeting in spiroplasma citri

Plasmid

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-159

  Lartigue, Carole ^a   Duret, Sybille ^a   Garnier, Monique ^a   Renaudin, Joël ^a  

^a Univ Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Homologous recombination; Mollicute; oriC plasmids; Spiroplasma citri; Vectors

Indexed keywords

PLASMID VECTOR; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA CITRI;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPIROPLASMA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA CITRI;

EID: 0036417302     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-619X(02)00121-X     Document Type: Article

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