Targeted chromosomal knockouts in mycoplasma pneumoniae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5297-5299

  Krishnakumar, Radha ^a   Assad Garcia, Nacyra ^a   Benders, Gwynedd A ^a   Phan, Quang ^a   Montague, Michael G ^a   Glass, John I ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DOUBLE CROSSOVERS; GENE KNOCKOUT; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OPEN READING FRAME; TARGET GENES; TRANSPOSON MUTAGENESIS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

MUTAGENESIS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; GENE; PLASMID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 77955574465     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00024-10     Document Type: Article

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