Rapid protocol for preparation of electrocompetent Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 80, 2013, Pages

  Gonzales, Miguel F ^a   Brooks, Teresa ^b   Pukatzki, Stefan U ^b   Provenzano, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioengineering; Cell engineering; Electrocompetence; Electroporation; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia; Escherichia coli; Gram negative bacteria; Issue 80; Transformation protocol; Vibrio; Vibrio cholerae; Vibrionaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886831765     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50684     Document Type: Article

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