Electrotransformation of Lactobacillus plantarum using linearized plasmid DNA

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 419-425

  Thompson, J K ^a,b   McConville, K J ^a   McReynolds, C ^a   Collins, M A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CLONING; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; LINEARIZATION;

DIRECT CLONING; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; PLASMID DNA; POSITIVE SELECTION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY; TRANSFORMATION FREQUENCY;

DNA;

PLASMID DNA; PLASMID VECTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031467119     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1997.tb00009.x     Document Type: Article

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