Characterization of the basic replicon of Rhodococcus plasmid pSOX and development of a Rhodococcus-Escherichia coli shuttle vector

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4363-4367

  Denis Larose, Claude ^a   Bergeron, Hélène ^a   Labbé, Diane ^a   Greer, Charles W ^a   Hawari, Jalal ^a   Grossman, Matthew J ^b   Sankey, Bruce M ^c   Lau, Peter C K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR; SUCROSE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DESULFURIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPLICON; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031761990     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4363-4367.1998     Document Type: Article

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