Electroporation of intact cells of Streptomyces parvulus and Streptomyces vinaceus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-138

  Mazy Servais, Cécile ^a   Baczkowski, Dominique ^a   Dusart, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electroporation; PEG assisted transformation; Plasmid transformation; Streptomyces parvulus; Streptomyces vinaceus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ELECTROPORATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOMYCES;

ELECTROPORATION; MURAMIDASE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; STREPTOMYCES PARVULUS; STREPTOMYCES VINACEUS;

EID: 0030871308     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00147-X     Document Type: Article

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