Article
Production of mutants in amino acid biosynthesis genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by homologous recombination.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Dec 1999
Parish Tanya, Gordhan Bhavna G, McAdam Ruth A, Duncan Ken, Mizrahi Valerie, Stoker Neil G
Abstract excerpt
The ability to generate mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis will be important if we are to understand the biology of this major pathogen. However, allelic replacement methods have only recently achieved success. We have developed a reproducible method for generating defined mutants of M. tuberculosis using homologous recombination. The transforming DNA was used following pre-treatment either with UV light or...
Topics
- Amino Acids
- Crossing Over, Genetic
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electroporation
- Genetic Vectors
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Lac Operon
- Mutation
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Plasmids
- Recombination, Genetic
