Unmarked gene deletion mutagenesis of gtfB and gtfC in Streptococcus mutans using a targeted hit-and-run strategy with a thermosensitive plasmid

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-135

  Atlagic, D ^a   Kilic A O ^a,b   Tao, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Chicago Research Center Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUCAN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACITRACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33645131231     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2006.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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