High efficiency intergeneric conjugal transfer of plasmid DNA from Escherichia coli to methyl DNA-restricting streptomycetes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-229

  Flett, Fiona ^a   Mersinias, Vassilios ^a   Smith, Colin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugation; DNA methylation; Gene disruption; Restriction modification; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCETACEAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 0031572413     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00392-3     Document Type: Article

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