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Signature-tagged mutagenesis : technical advances in a negative selection method for virulence gene identification

Saenz, H. L. and Dehio, C.. (2005) Signature-tagged mutagenesis : technical advances in a negative selection method for virulence gene identification. Current Opinion in Microbiology, Vol. 8, H. 5. pp. 612-619.

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Abstract

Signature-tagged mutagenesis (STM) is a powerful negative selection method, predominantly used to identify the genes of a pathogen that are required for the successful colonization of an animal host. Since its first description a decade ago, STM has been applied to screen a vast amount of transposon insertion mutants in 31 bacterial species. This has led to the identification of over 1,700 bacterial genes that are involved in virulence. Despite the preservation of the basic design, the STM method has been developed further owing to recent advances including different designs of the signature-tags and profound changes in the mode of detection. These advances promoted substantially the application range and versatility of the STM method.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Infection Biology > Molecular Microbiology (Dehio)
UniBasel Contributors:Dehio, Christoph
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1369-5274
e-ISSN:1879-0364
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Last Modified:13 Oct 2017 07:54
Deposited On:22 Mar 2012 13:21

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