Transformation of the extremely thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus via a self-spreading vector

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Elferink, Marieke G L ^a   Schleper, Christa ^a,b   Zillig, Wolfram ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Sulfolobus solfataricus; Transformation; Galactosidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0029990021     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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