Development of experimental genetic tools for Campylobacter fetus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4619-4630

  Kienesberger, Sabine ^a   Gorkiewicz, Gregor ^a,b   Joainig, Martina M ^a   Scheicher, Sylvia R ^a   Leitner, Eva ^a   Zechner, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENS;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; GENE PRODUCTS; PHENOTYPIC MARKERS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PLASMID; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GYRA GENE; HOST RANGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REPLICON; REPORTER GENE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SUBSPECIES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS SUBSP. VENEREALIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34547202482     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02407-06     Document Type: Article

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