Relative expression and stability of a chromosomally integrated and plasmid-borne marker gene fusion in environmentally competent bacteria

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-78

  Abebe, H M ^a,c   Seidler, R J ^a   Lindow, S E ^b   Short, K A ^a,d   Clark, E ^b   King, R J ^a,e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ECOLOGY; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIOXYGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC MARKERS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXYGENASES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0031025542     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900147     Document Type: Article

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