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New vector for efficient allelic replacement in naturally nontransformable, low-GC-content, gram-positive bacteria.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2004
Arnaud Maryvonne, Chastanet Arnaud, Débarbouillé Michel
Abstract excerpt
A shuttle vector designated pMAD was constructed for quickly generating gene inactivation mutants in naturally nontransformable gram-positive bacteria. This vector allows, on X-Gal (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside) plates, a quick colorimetric blue-white discrimination of bacteria which have lost the plasmid, greatly facilitating clone identification during mutagenesis. The plasmid was used in...
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