Chromosomal complementation using Tn7 transposon vectors in enterobacteriaceae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6001-6008

  Crépin, Sébastien ^a,b   Harel, Sébastien ^b   Dozois, Charles M ^a,b  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS; CHROMOSOMAL INTEGRATION; COMPLEMENTATION; DONOR STRAINS; ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOREIGN GENES; GENE FUSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; TRANSPOSASE; VACCINE DEVELOPMENT; VERSATILE SYSTEM;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

VECTORS;

BACTERIAL DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; RECOMBINATION; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSPOSASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 84866150937     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00986-12     Document Type: Article

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