Direct random insertion mutagenesis of Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-100

  De Jonge, Ramon ^a,b   Bakker, Dennis ^b   Van Vliet, Arnoud H M ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^b   Kusters, Johannes G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis; Homologous recombination; Random mutagenesis; Urease; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; KANAMYCIN; UREASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; UREASE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0037208457     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00136-7     Document Type: Article

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