Application of a transposon footprinting technique for rapid identification of Salmonella typhimurium Tn5 mutants required for survival under desiccation stress conditions

Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-206

  Park, S Y ^a   Kwon, Y M ^b   Birkhold, S G ^a   Kubena, L F ^b   Nisbet, D J ^b   Ricke, S C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036815195     PISSN: 10603999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.2002.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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