Beyond toothpicks: New methods for isolating mutant bacteria

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 680-688

  Link, A James ^a,b   Jeong, Ki Jun ^a,b   Georgiou, George ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; POLYPEPTIDE;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SELECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MAMMAL CELL; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548032357     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1715     Document Type: Review

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