Inactivation of the saul type i restriction-modification system is not sufficient to generate Staphylococcus aureus strains capable of efficiently accepting foreign DNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3034-3038

  Veiga, Helena ^a   Pinho, Mariana G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; GENETIC STUDIES; PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS; RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION SYSTEMS; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY;

DNA; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

STRAIN;

PLASMID DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

BACTERIUM; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; HEAT TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 66249138142     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01862-08     Document Type: Article

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