Application of Ty1 for cloned gene insertion: Amplification of a large regulated expression cassette in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 620-623

  Lee, F W F ^a   Da Silva, N A ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030061452     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00172494     Document Type: Article

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