Development of a genomic site for gene integration and expression in Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  DebRoy, Sruti ^a   van der Hoeven, Ransome ^a   Singh, Kavindra V ^a,b   Gao, Peng ^a   Harvey, Barrett R ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^a,b   Garsin, Danielle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementation; Enterococcus faecalis; Genomic integration; Green fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUTV GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMIC INSERTION SITE FOR EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84861199832     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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