High-frequency secondary mutations after suicide-driven allelic exchange mutagenesis in extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 5301-5305

  Johnson, James R ^a,b,e   Lockman, Hank A ^c,f   Owens, Krista ^a,b   Jelacic, Srdjan ^d   Tarr, Phillip I ^d,g  

^a Mucosal and Vaccine Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0042890366     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.17.5301-5305.2003     Document Type: Article

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