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Krishnakumar, R., Assad-Garcia, N., Benders, G. A., Phan, Q., Montague, M. G., Glass, J. I.

Targeted Chromosomal Knockouts in Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Jun 11; 76(15): 5297-9.

Abstract

Most gene knockouts in mycoplasmas are achieved through labor intensive transposon mutagenesis. Here we describe a method to make targeted deletions in Mycoplasma pneumoniae using homologous recombination. In this method, M. pneumoniae is transformed with a plasmid carrying an antibiotic resistance marker flanked by 1 kb regions surrounding the target gene. Following selection for the antibiotic resistance, colonies are screened for double crossovers which indicate complete deletion of the target open reading frame.

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