Mutagenesis of Streptococcus equi and Streptococcus suis by transposon Tn917

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-206

  Slater, J D ^a   Allen, A G ^a   May, J P ^a   Bolitho, S ^a   Lindsay, H ^a   Maskell, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Streptococcus equi; Streptococcus suis; Tn917; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DNA VECTOR; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUICIDE GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 0037472214     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(03)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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