Rapid construction of mycobacterial mutagenesis vectors using ligation-independent cloning

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-41

  Balhana, Ricardo ^a   Stoker, Neil G ^a   Sikder, Mahmudul Hasan ^a   Chauviac, Francois Xavier ^b   Kendall, Sharon L ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene deletion; Homologous recombination; Ligation independent cloning; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VECTORS; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

EID: 77956418549     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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