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Transposition of Tn5367 in Mycobacterium marinum, using a conditionally recombinant mycobacteriophage.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 2003
Rybniker Jan, Wolke Martina, Haefs Christiane, Plum Georg
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium marinum is a close relative of the obligate human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. As with M. tuberculosis, M. marinum causes intracellular infection of poikilothermic vertebrates and skin infection in humans. It is considered a valid model organism for the study of intracellular pathogenesis of mycobacteria. Low transformation efficiencies for this species have precluded approaches using mutant...
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