Cloning of the ribosomal protein L41 gene of Phaffia rhodozyma and its use as a drug resistance marker for transformation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1947-1949

  Kim, I G ^a   Nam, S K ^a   Sohn, J H ^a   Rhee, S K ^a   An, G H ^b   Lee, S H ^b   Choi, E S ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Haitai Confectionery Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031834081     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1947-1949.1998     Document Type: Article

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