Transposon mutagenesis in a marine Synechococcus strain: Isolation of swimming motility mutants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4457-4462

  McCarren, J ^a   Brahamsha, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 21144450390     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.13.4457-4462.2005     Document Type: Article

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