A novel transposon-based method for elimination of large bacterial plasmids

Plasmid

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-241

  Imre, Ariel ^a   Olasz, Ferenc ^b   Kiss, János ^b   Nagy, Béla ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; IS30; Plasmid curing; Salmonella; Tn10; Transposon; Virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; TRANSPOSASE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE TARGETING; HEAT TREATMENT; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; REPLICON; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSPOSASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33745142216     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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