Cloning-independent and counterselectable markerless mutagenesis system in streptococcus mutans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8025-8033

  Xie, Zhoujie ^a   Okinaga, Toshinori ^b,c   Qi, Fengxia ^a,b   Zhang, Zhijun ^a   Merritt, Justin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SPECIES; BACTERIOCINS; MARKERLESS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; REFERENCE STRAINS; S. MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUICIDE VECTORS; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE; TRIPLE MUTANTS; WILD TYPES;

BACTERIA; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; SEPARATION;

MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIUM; CLONE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLACEMENT;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMID; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

GENE DELETION; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; SELECTION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 83055180108     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06362-11     Document Type: Article

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