Utilization of a ts-sacB selection system for the generation of a Mycobacterium avium serovar-8 specific glycopeptidolipid allelic exchange mutant

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Irani, Vida R ^a   Lee, Sun Hwa ^b   Eckstein, Torsten M ^c   Inamine, Julia M ^c   Belisle, John T ^c   Maslow, Joel N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPEPTIDOLIPID; ISONIAZID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WILD TYPE;

EID: 19444369241     PISSN: 14760711     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-3-18     Document Type: Article

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