An improved method for rapid generation of unmarked Pseudomonas aeruginosa deletion mutants

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Choi, Kyoung Hee ^a   Schweizer, Herbert P ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DNA MARKER; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SPLICING; DNA TRANSFER; EXTENSION GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CODE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; R FACTOR; SUICIDE GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 23044461889     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-5-30     Document Type: Article

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