Use of transposon-transposase complexes to create stable insertion mutant strains of Francisella tularensis LVS

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6901-6904

  Kawula, Thomas H ^a   Hall, Joshua D ^a   Fuller, James R ^a   Craven, Robin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHROMOSOMES; COMPLEXATION; ENZYME KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; VACCINES;

CHROMOSOMAL INSERTION MUTATIONS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; TRANSPOSON-TRANSPOSON COMPLEXES;

BACTERIA;

KANAMYCIN; LIVE VACCINE; TRANSPOSASE;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; ELECTROPORATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; TRANSPOSASES; TULAREMIA; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 8744257762     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6901-6904.2004     Document Type: Article

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