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J Bacteriol
; 193(18): 4993-5, 2011 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21764933
ABSTRACT
Transformation frequencies of a mariner-based transposon system in Rickettsia rickettsii were determined using a plaque assay system for enumeration and isolation of mutants. Sequence analysis of insertion sites in both R. rickettsii and R. prowazekii indicated that insertions were random. Transposon mutagenesis provides a useful tool for rickettsial research.