A streamlined method for transposon mutagenesis of Rickettsia parkeri yields numerous mutations that impact infection

• Rebecca L. Lamason ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rlamason@mit.edu (RLL); welch@berkeley.edu (MDW)

  Current address: Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Natasha M. Kafai,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Medical Scientist Training Program, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Matthew D. Welch

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rlamason@mit.edu (RLL); welch@berkeley.edu (MDW)

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2537-6349

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