Comparison of the construction of unmarked deletion mutations in Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37RV by allelic exchange

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4780-4789

  Pavelka Jr , Martin S ^a,b   Jacobs Jr , William R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0345363304     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.4780-4789.1999     Document Type: Article

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