Genetic manipulation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.23, 2011, Pages

  Dillard, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementation; Electroporation; Genetic transformation; Heterologous gene expression; Natural transformation; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; DNA PURIFICATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

EID: 35748934247     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc04a02s23     Document Type: Article

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