Ultrasound-mediated DNA transfer for bacteria

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Song, Yizhi ^a,b   Hahn, Thomas ^a   Thompson, Ian P ^a,c   Mason, Timothy J ^d   Preston, Gail M ^c   Li, Guanghe ^b   Paniwnyk, Larysa ^d   Huang, Wei E ^a,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CALCIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TARGETING; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRASOUND; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 36148979715     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm710     Document Type: Article

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