Gene replacement in mycobacteria by using incompatible plasmids

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 517-523

  Pashley, Carey A ^a,d   Parish, Tanya ^a,d   McAdam, Ruth A ^b   Duncan, Ken ^b   Stoker, Neil G ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; GENES; MUTAGENESIS;

PLASMIDS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLASMID VECTOR;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; GENE TARGETING; KNOCKOUT GENE; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PLASMID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037228276     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.517-523.2003     Document Type: Article

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