Electrotransformation of Clostridium thermocellum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 883-890

  Tyurin, Michael V ^a   Desai, Sunil G ^a   Lynd, Lee R ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; WASHING;

ELECTRIC PULSES; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; METHYLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE PRODUCT; ISONIACIN; LINCOMYCIN; NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; KNOCKOUT GENE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; ISONIAZID; LINCOMYCIN; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2342533732     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.883-890.2004     Document Type: Article

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