Development of an expression strategy using a lytic phage to trigger explosive plasmid amplification and gene expression

Bio/Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-87

  O’Sullivan, Daniel J ^a,b   Walker, Shirley A ^a   West, Sandra G ^a   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, VIRAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; LAC OPERON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030065558     PISSN: 0733222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0196-82     Document Type: Article

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