Isolation and characterization of three Streptococcus pneumoniae transformation-specific loci by use of a lacZ reporter insertion vector

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2701-2710

  Pestova, Ekaterina V ^a,b   Morrison, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031925161     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.10.2701-2710.1998     Document Type: Article

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