amy as a reporter gene for promoter activity in Nocardia lactamdurans: Comparison of promoters of the cephamycin cluster

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2977-2982

  Chary, Vasant K ^a   De La Fuente, Juan L ^a   Liras, Paloma ^a,b   Martin, Juan F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; EPIMERASE; LYSINE 6 AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

AMYCOLATOPSIS LACTAMDURANS; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE FD; NOCARDIA; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

EID: 0030754641     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.2977-2982.1997     Document Type: Article

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