Electrotransformation of Lactobacillus acidophilus group A1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 233-237

  Walker, D Carey ^a   Aoyama, Kenji ^a   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Lactobacillus acidophilus; Plasmid; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS;

EID: 0030011416     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00115-2     Document Type: Article

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