Genome engineering in Bacillus anthracis using tyrosine site-specific recombinases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Pomerantsev, Andrei P ^a   McCall, Rita M ^a   Chahoud, Margaret ^a   Hepler, Nathan K ^a   Fattah, Rasem ^a   Leppla, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; TYROSINE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINASES; TYROSINE;

EID: 85028078012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183346     Document Type: Article

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