A genetic system that reports transient activation of genes in Bacillus

Gene

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 121-126

  Salamitou, Sylvie ^a   Agaisse, Hervé ^a,b   Lereclus, Didier ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental signals; Gram positive bacteria; Site specific recombination; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA; RECOMBINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030729870     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00462-9     Document Type: Article

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