Genetic elements for selection, deletion mutagenesis and complementation in Francisella spp.

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-93

  Ludu, Jagjit S ^a   Nix, Eli B ^a   Duplantis, Barry N ^a   De Bruin, Olle M ^a   Gallagher, Larry A ^b   Hawley, Laura M ^a   Nano, Francis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Counter selection; Francisella tularensis; Novicida; Plasmid; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYGROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; PLASMID VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FRANCISELLA; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. NOVICIDA; MUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 36749040876     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00979.x     Document Type: Article

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