Electroporation of mycobacteria

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 465, Issue , 2008, Pages 203-215

  Goude, Renan ^a   Parish, Tanya ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrocompetent cells; Selectable marker; Transformation efficiency; Transforming DNA

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84555202449     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-207-6_13     Document Type: Article

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