The ClosTron: Mutagenesis in Clostridium refined and streamlined

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-55

  Heap, John T ^a   Kuehne, Sarah A ^a   Ehsaan, Muhammad ^a   Cartman, Stephen T ^a   Cooksley, Clare M ^a   Scott, Jamie C ^a   Minton, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium; ClosTron; Intron; Mutagenesis; Mutant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOINFORMATICS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENE;

CLOSTRIDIUM; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; INTRONS; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU;

EID: 71749102588     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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