Construction of a Vibrio splendidus mutant lacking the metalloprotease gene vsm by use of a novel counterselectable suicide vector

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 777-784

  Le Roux, Frédérique ^a,b   Binesse, Johan ^a   Saulnier, Denis ^b   Mazel, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; PATHOGENIC PROPERTIES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS;

DERIVATIVES; GENES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; SEAWATER; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA;

METALLOPROTEINASE; SEA WATER; SUICIDE VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; GENE; GENOME; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PLASMID; SEAWATER; SUGAR; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CCDB GENE; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUICIDE GENE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS LGP32; VSM GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; METALLOPROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTREIDAE; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO;

ANIMALIA; OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS;

EID: 33846911496     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02147-06     Document Type: Article

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