Evaluation of the biological containment system based on the Escherichia coli gef gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa W51D

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 549-553

  Soberon Chavez G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GEF PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPOSON;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030451941     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050859     Document Type: Article

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