Construction of a novel shuttle vector for use in Haemophilus influenzae and H. parainfluenzae

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-334

  Robinson, Esther ^a   Juhas, Mario ^b   Hood, Derek ^c   Crook, Derrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelic complementation; Haemophilus influenzae; Haemophilus parainfluenzae; PEJ6; Shuttle vector

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SUICIDE GENE;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE;

EID: 78149468781     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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