Routine markerless gene replacement in Bacillus anthracis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1949-1953

  Janes, Brian K ^a,c   Stibitz, Scott ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS;

EID: 33644756518     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.3.1949-1953.2006     Document Type: Article

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