A rapid and simple method for constructing stable mutants of Acinetobacter baumannii

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Aranda, Jess ^a   Poza, Margarita ^a   Pardo, Belén G ^b   Rumbo, Soraya ^a   Rumbo, Carlos ^a   Parreira, José R ^a   Rodríguez Velo, Patricia ^a   Bou, Germán ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OMP33 BACTERIAL GENE; OXYR BACTERIAL GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOXR BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PLASMID;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78049500184     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-279     Document Type: Article

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