Two systems for targeted gene deletion in Coxiella burnetii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4580-4589

  Beare, Paul A ^a   Larson, Charles L ^a   Gilk, Stacey D ^a   Heinzen, Robert A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; CELL-FREE; CRE RECOMBINASE; CROSSOVER EVENTS; FLANKING REGIONS; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; GENETIC TOOLS; HOST CELLS; INDUCIBLE GENE EXPRESSION; PLASMID ENCODING; POSITIVE SELECTION; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SECRETION SYSTEMS; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SOUTHERN BLOT; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; TARGET GENES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRULENCE GENE;

DNA; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); SUGAR (SUCROSE);

GENE ENCODING;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECRETION; SUBSTRATE; SUCROSE; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENE DELETION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMID;

COXIELLA BURNETII; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 84864105773     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00881-12     Document Type: Article

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