A mariner-based transposition system for Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2758-2761

  Cao, Min ^a,b   Bitar, Alan Pavinski ^a   Marquis, Hélène ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MUTAGENESIS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PLASMID RETENTION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN;

BACTERIUM; MUTATION; PLASMID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC VECTORS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 34247581377     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02844-06     Document Type: Article

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