Markerless gene deletion system for sphingomonads

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3774-3777

  Kaczmarczyk, Andreas ^a   Vorholt, Julia A ^a   Francez Charlot, Anne ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE DELETION; MARKERLESS; SPHINGOMONADS; SPHINGOMONAS SP;

ANTIBIOTICS;

GENES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; MODEL VALIDATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPHINGOMONAS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPHINGOMONAS; STREPTOMYCIN;

SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 84861171481     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07347-11     Document Type: Article

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