Introduction of conditional lethal amber mutations in Escherichia coli

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 416, Issue , 2007, Pages 323-334

  Herring, Christopher D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Conditional lethal; Escherichia coli; Essential genes; Lambda Red; Markerless; Mutagenesis; Suppressor

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; MUTATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 40549103080     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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