Method for Introducing Specific and Unmarked Mutations into the Chromosome of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-86

  Iannelli, Francesco ^a   Pozzi, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene SOEing; In frame deletion; PCR; Site directed mutagenesis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; DELETION MUTANT; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEMPERATURE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0842265261     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:26:1:81     Document Type: Article

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