Defining gene-phenotype relationships in acinetobacter baumannii through one-step chromosomal gene inactivation

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Tucker, Ashley T ^a   Nowicki, Emily M ^a   Boll, Joseph M ^a   Knauf, Gregory A ^a   Burdis, Nora C ^a,b   Stephen Trent, M ^a   Davies, Bryan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KANAMYCIN; RECOMBINASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORHEXIDINE;

ACEI GENE; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADEB GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; BLA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYR GENE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PILG GENE; PILH GENE; PILT GENE; PILU GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84908308490     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01313-14     Document Type: Article

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