Development of an improved cloning vector and transformation system in Amycolatopsis mediterranei (Nocardia mediterranei)

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-169

  Lal, Rup ^a   Khanna, Richie ^a   Dhingra, Nidhi ^a   Khanna, Monisha ^a   Lal, Sukanaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; GENE DELETION; MARKER GENE; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYCOLATOPSIS MEDITERRANEI; NOCARDIA MEDITERRANEI;

EID: 0031933802     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.51.161     Document Type: Article

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