Genetic manipulation of Francisella tularensis

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue JAN, 2011, Pages

  Zogaj, Xhavit ^a   Klose, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic exchange; Plasmid; Select agent; Targetron; Transposon; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860520595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2010.00142     Document Type: Review

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