Transformation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Felsheim, Roderick F ^a   Herron, Michael J ^a   Nelson, Curtis M ^a   Burkhardt, Nicole Y ^a   Barbet, Anthony F ^b   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IRRELEVANT ANTIBIOTIC SPECTINOMYCIN; TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS;

BACTERIA; BLOOD; DNA; MUTAGENESIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

GENOMIC DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TRANSPOSASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL CULTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; TICKS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM;

EID: 33750917844     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-6-42     Document Type: Article

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