Single-copy chromosomal integration systems for Francisella tularensis

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1152-1163

  LoVullo, Eric D ^a   Molins Schneekloth, Claudia R ^b,c   Schweizer, Herbert P ^b   Pavelka Jr , Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; ALLELE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN;

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

ALLELES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PENICILLINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 65649147179     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.022491-0     Document Type: Article

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