Transposon mutagenesis with IS6100 in the avermectin-producer Streptomyces avermitilis

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1963-1970

  Weaden, Jenny ^a   Dyson, Paul ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insertion sequence; Reversion; Streptomyces avermitilis; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; TRANSPOSON;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); PTEROGYNE NITENS; STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031823350     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1963     Document Type: Article

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