A convenient and reproducible method to genetically transform bacteria of the genus Bifidobacterium

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-114

  Argnani, Alessandra ^a,b   Leer, Rob J ^a   Van Luijk, Nicole ^a   Pouwels, Peter H ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bifidabacterium; Electrotransformation; Plasmid vector

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030032052     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-1-109     Document Type: Article

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