Integration of narrow-host-range vectors from Escherichia coli into the genomes of amino acid-producing Corynebacteria after intergeneric conjugation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5768-5775

  Mateos, Luis M ^a   Schäfer, Andreas ^b   Kalinowski, Jörn ^b   Martin, Juan F ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BREVIBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA INTEGRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0029822186     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5768-5775.1996     Document Type: Article

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