Construction of a plasmid vector for transformation of Porphyromonas gingivalis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 175-181

  Yoshimoto, Hisashi ^a   Takahasi, Yusuke ^a   Kato, Daisuke ^a   Umemoto, Toshio ^a  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Plasmid vector; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Restriction modification; Transformation

Indexed keywords

PLASMID VECTOR;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PORPHYROMONAS ASACCHAROLYTICA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0030833643     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00198-5     Document Type: Article

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