Transformation of sexually transmitted infection-causing serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis using blasticidin for selection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Ding, Honglei ^a   Gong, Siqi ^a   Tian, Yingxin ^a   Yang, Zhangsheng ^a   Brunham, Robert ^b   Zhong, Guangming ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BLASTICIDIN S; DEAMINASE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEROTYPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SH BLE GENE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; NUCLEOSIDES; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84896690029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080534     Document Type: Article

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