Improved bacterial mutagenesis by high-frequency allele exchange, demonstrated in clostridium difficile and streptococcus suis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4768-4771

  Faulds Pain, Alexandra ^a   Wren, Brendan W ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

GENES;

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EVALUATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ALLELES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 84880647378     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01195-13     Document Type: Article

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