Isolation and confirmation of Yersinia pestis mutants exempt from select agent regulations

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 11, 2008, Pages

  Perry, Robert D ^a   Bearden, Scott W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Low calcium response; Pigmentation; Plague; Plasmid isolation; Type III secretion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PLASMID DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSAFETY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; LYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRATEGIC PLANNING; YERSINIA PESTIS; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; VIRULENCE;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; GENE DELETION; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 58149232949     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc05b02s11     Document Type: Review

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