Identification of 113 conserved essential genes using a high-throughput gene disruption system in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 3152-3162

  Thanassi, Jane A ^a,b   Hartman Neumann, Sandra L ^a,c   Dougherty, Thomas J ^a,c   Dougherty, Brian A ^a   Pucci, Michael J ^a,b  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Achillion Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENE PRODUCT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037100683     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf418     Document Type: Article

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