In vivo transposon mutagenesis in Haemophilus influenzae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4697-4702

  Kraiß, Anita ^a   Schlör, Stefan ^a   Reidl, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0345698927     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4697-4702.1998     Document Type: Article

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