Development of methods for the genetic manipulation of Flavobacterium columnare

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Staroscik, Andrew M ^a   Hunnicutt, David W ^b   Archibald, Kate E ^a   Nelson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; TRANSPOSON; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID;

BACTEROIDETES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE;

ANIMALS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 48249092326     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-115     Document Type: Article

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