Generating knock-out and complementation strains of neisseria meningitidis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 799, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-72

  van Dam, Vincent ^a   Bos, Martine P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complementation; Genetic manipulation; Mutants; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 80555135936     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-346-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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