Mariner-based transposon mutagenesis for Bacteroides species

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 558-567

  Ichimura, Minoru ^a,b   Uchida, Keiko ^a   Nakayama Imaohji, Haruyuki ^a   Hirakawa, Hideki ^c   Tada, Tomoyo ^a   Morita, Hidetoshi ^d   Yasutomo, Koji ^b   Okazaki, Katsuichiro ^a   Kuwahara, Tomomi ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; Electrotransformation; Mariner; Transposon; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES OVATUS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; EUKARYOTA; MUS; PROKARYOTA;

TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BACTEROIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MICROBIAL GENETICS; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; TRANSPOSON;

BACTEROIDES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84901826997     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201200763     Document Type: Article

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