Gene replacement in Staphylococcus carnosus and Staphylococcus xylosus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Brückner, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allelic replacement; Erythromycin resistance; Shuttle vector; Staphylococcus carnosus; Staphylococcus xylosus

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ALLELES; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (NITROGENOUS GROUP ACCEPTOR); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 0343052949     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00116-X     Document Type: Article

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