A simple and rapid method of bacterial transformation

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-216

  Wilharm, Gottfried ^a   Lepka, Daniela ^a   Faber, Franziska ^a   Hofmann, Julia ^a   Kerrinnes, Tobias ^a   Skiebe, Evelyn ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; E. coli; Nanopiercing; Sepiolite; Transformation; Yersinia; Yoshida effect

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; NANOFIBER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MAGNESIUM SILICATES; NANOFIBERS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 74449085414     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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