In vivo Himar1 transposon mutagenesis of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7529-7535

  Rholl, Drew A ^a   Trunck, Lily A ^a   Schweizer, Herbert P ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STRAIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCES; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANTS; BIO TERRORISMS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; ETIOLOGIC AGENTS; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; IN-VIVO; INFECTIOUS DOSES; INTERGENIC REGIONS; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCES; MELIOIDOSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RANDOM INSERTIONS; RANDOM MUTAGENESISES; SELECTION MARKERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON MUTAGENESISES;

MUTAGENESIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; ETIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; TERRORISM; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; HIMAR1 GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; TRANSPOSON;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS;

EID: 57449112988     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01973-08     Document Type: Article

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