Comparative genomic hybridization detects secondary chromosomal deletions in Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 mutants and highlights instability in the flhDC region

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8786-8792

  Hobman, Jon L ^a,c   Patel, Mala D ^a   Hidalgo Arroyo, G Aida ^a   Cariss, S James L ^b   Avison, Matthew B ^b   Penn, Charles W ^a   Constantinidou, Chrystala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 37449005819     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00977-07     Document Type: Article

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