A new theta-type thermosensitive replicon from Lactoccocus lactis as an integration vector for Enterococcus faecalis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-114

  Frère, Jacques ^a   Benachour, Abdellah ^b   Giard, Jean Christophe ^c   Laplace, Jean Marie ^a   Flahaut, Sigrid ^d   Auffray, Yanick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b Institut de Biochimie   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Physiopathologie des Maladies Osseuses Inflammatoires   (France)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Integration vector; Lactococcus lactis; Thermosensitive replicon; Theta replication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC VECTORS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPLICON;

EID: 0032054326     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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