Integration of foreign DNA in an intergenic region of the archaeon Methanosarcina mazei without effect on transcription of adjacent genes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-20

  De Macario, Everly Conway ^a   Guerrini, Massimo ^a,b   Dugan, Charles B ^a   Macario, Alberto J L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaea; Methanogens; Puromycin resistance; Stress genes; Transformation

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PUROMYCIN; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI;

EID: 0030582392     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0494     Document Type: Article

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