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Markerless Gene Deletion by Floxed Cassette Allelic Exchange Mutagenesis in Chlamydia trachomatis
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Xer site-specific recombination, an efficient tool to introduce unmarked deletions into mycobacteria
Alessandro Cascioferro1, Francesca Boldrin, Agnese Serafini
1Department of Histology, Microbiology, and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Via Gabelli 63, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|June 15, 2010
Abstract:
Genetic manipulation of mycobacteria still represents a serious challenge due to the lack of tools and selection markers. In this report, we describe the development of an intrinsically unstable excisable cassette for introduction of unmarked mutations in both Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
