Genetic tools for manipulating Acinetobacter baumannii genome: An overview

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 657-669

  Biswas, Indranil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TRANSPOSON; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

TRANSPOSON;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; CROSS INFECTION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84938302026     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000081     Document Type: Review

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