Chromosomal insertion of the entire Escherichia coli lactose operon, into two strains of Pseudomonas, using a modified mini-Tn5 delivery system

Gene

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-173

  Hansen, Lars H ^a   Sørensen, Søren J ^a   Jensen, Lars B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

protein; Chromosomal inserts; Conjugation; Lac type promoters; Lactose catabolism; Low copy plasmids; Southern blot

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOSE OPERON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; KINETICS; LAC OPERON; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031025674     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00688-9     Document Type: Article

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