Markerless Gene Deletion door Floxed Cassette Allelic Exchange Mutagenesis in Chlamydia trachomatis

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Design and Assembly of pSUmC-4.0 with Homology Arms Specific to the Gene of Interest

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Transformation of C. trachomatis with pSUmC 4.0 + Homology Arms for Gene Deletion by Allelic Exchange

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Clonal Isolation of Green-only C. trachomatis Deletion Mutant Containing the loxP Flanked Selection Cassette by Limiting Dilution

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Transformation of C. trachomatis FRAEM Mutant with pSU-Cre to Initiate Removal of loxP Flanked Selection Cassette

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Results: FLAEM Enables Markerless Gene Deletion in C. trachomatis and alleviates Cassette-induced Polar Effects

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Conclusion