An improved cloning vector for construction of gene replacements in Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3020-3023

  Li, Guojie ^a,c   Kathariou, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

GENE REPLACEMENTS;

CYTOLOGY;

PLASMID VECTOR;

FOOD SAFETY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLONING VECTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALLELES; ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037544453     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.3020-3023.2003     Document Type: Article

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