Isolation and characterization of a strong promoter element from the Streptomyces ghanaensis phage 119 using the gentamicin resistance gene (aacC1) of Tn1696 as reporter

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1503-1512

  Labes, Gabriele ^a,b   Bibb, Mervyn ^a,c   Wohlleben, Wolfgang ^a,d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

In vitro transcription; mRNA quantification; Promoter; S1 nuclease mapping; Streptomyces ghanaensis phage I19

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; GENTAMICIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STREPTOMYCES; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSPOSON;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES GHANAENSIS; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0030972706     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1503     Document Type: Article

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