Neomycin- and spectinomycin-resistance replacement vectors for Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-139

  Chary, Vasant K ^a   Amaya, Edward I ^a   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Neomycin; Plasmid; Replacement vector; Spectinomycin

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NEOMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; NEOMYCIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); R FACTORS; SPECTINOMYCIN; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030751268     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00248-6     Document Type: Article

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