Site-specific, insertional inactivation of inca in chlamydia trachomatis using a group II intron

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Johnson, Cayla M ^a   Fisher, Derek J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLA GENE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYZER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INCA GENE; INTRON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FIBROBLASTS; INCLUSION BODIES; INTRONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84896728925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083989     Document Type: Article

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