Strategies for mycobacterial genetics

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 251-259

  Morsczeck, Christian ^a  

^a CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Conjugation; Electroporation; Genetics; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA TRANSFER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0041424885     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00267     Document Type: Short Survey

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