Mycobacterial recombineering

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 435, Issue , 2008, Pages 203-215

  Van Kessel, Julia C ^a   Hatfull, Graham F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelic exchange; Genetic engineering; Mutagenesis; Mycobacteriophage; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Recombineering

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84934435778     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-232-8_15     Document Type: Article

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