Mini-transposons in microbial ecology and environmental biotechnology

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-224

  De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a   Herrero, Marta ^b   Sánchez, Juan M ^a   Timmis, Kenneth N ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Genetically modified microorganism; Marker; Reporter; Transposon 5; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMOSOME; ECOLOGY; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MARKER GENE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031763658     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00064-6     Document Type: Article

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