Plasmids with erythromycin resistance and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase-or β-galactosidase-encoding gene cassettes for use in Neisseria spp.

Gene

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-134

  Zhou, Daoguo ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

ErmC; LacZ and xylE fusions; Methyltransferase; N. gonorrhoeae; N. meningitidis; Reporter gene

Indexed keywords

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXYGENASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT GENE; REPORTER GENE; RESTRICTION SITE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIOXYGENASES; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENETIC VECTORS; LAC OPERON; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; OXYGENASES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0029886104     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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