A plasmid vector with positive selection and directional cloning based on a conditionally lethal gene

Gene

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-132

  Yazynin, Sergey A ^a   Deyev, Sergey M ^a   Jucovič, Milan ^b,c   Hartley, Robert W ^b  

^a ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Barnase; Barstar; Polylinker; Ribonuclease

Indexed keywords

BARNASE; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; LETHAL GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029931855     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00814-4     Document Type: Article

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