Characterization of a dam mutant of Haemophilus influenzae Rd

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3773-3781

  Zaleski, Piotr ^a   Piekarowicz, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CONGO RED; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DETERGENT; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DYE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KANAMYCIN; NITROFURAL; NOVOBIOCIN; RIFAMPICIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLORING AGENTS; DETERGENTS; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE RD KW20;

EID: 9144265004     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27225-0     Document Type: Article

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