Rapid and efficient transposon mutagenesis of Bartonella henselae by transposome technology

Gene

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Rieß, Tanja ^a   Anderson, Burt ^b   Fackelmayer, Andrea ^c   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a   Kempf, Volkhard A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c GATC Biotech AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bartonella spp., transposon mutagenesis, transposome, efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; CELL LINE; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELIS CATUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSONS;

BACTERIAL DNA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE XHOI; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION;

EID: 0242285759     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00636-X     Document Type: Article

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