Factors Affecting Transformation Efficiency of BCG with a Mycobacterium-Escherichia coli Shuttle Vector pYUB18 by Electroporation

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-147

  Cho, Sang Nae ^a   Hwang, Jin Hee ^a   Park, Sun ^a   Chong, Yunsup ^a   Kim, Sung Kyu ^a   Song, Chul Yong ^b   Kim, Joo Deuk ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BCG; Electroporation; pYUB18; Shuttle vector; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BCG VACCINE; CATALASE; DNA; GLUCOSE; POLYSORBATE 80;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; SHUTTLE VECTOR; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DNA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCINE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0031959414     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.1998.39.2.141     Document Type: Article

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