Segregational and structural instability of recombinant plasmid carrying genes for naphthalene degrading pathway

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-269

  Samanta, S K ^a   Rani, M ^a   Jain, R K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; DNA; GENES; STRAIN;

CLONING VECTORS; FREE STRAINS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; MINERALISATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REGULATORY GENES; STRUCTURAL GENE; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY;

NAPHTHALENE;

NAPHTHALENE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC STABILITY; MINERALIZATION; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031840535     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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