Genetic manipulation of Vibrio cholerae by combining natural transformation with FLP recombination

Plasmid

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-195

  Silva, Olga De Souza ^a   Blokesch, Melanie ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flp recombinase; Gene inactivation; Natural competence; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; KANAMYCIN; RECOMBINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHITIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77956885050     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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