Efficient circularization in Escherichia coli of linear plasmid multimers from Dictyostelium discoideum genomic DNA

Plasmid

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 86-94

  Barth, C ^a   Wilczynska, Z ^a   Pontes, L ^a   Fraser, D J ^a   Fisher, P R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DNA CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030248906     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0036     Document Type: Article

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