Development of shuttle vectors for transformation of diverse rickettsia species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Burkhardt, Nicole Y ^a   Baldridge, Gerald D ^a   Williamson, Phillip C ^b   Billingsley, Peggy M ^b   Heu, Chan C ^a   Felsheim, Roderick F ^a   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA MONACENSIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; SHUTTLE VECTOR; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; RICKETTSIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 83755174326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029511     Document Type: Article

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