Stable electrotransformation of symbiont candidate diazotrophic bacterium with plasmids carrying selectable and screenable marker genes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 361-372

  Koranyi P ^a,b   Burg, K ^a   Berenyi M ^a  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Azotobacter vinelandii; Chromosomal integration; Electroporation; Electrotransformation; Marker gene; Plasmid; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOST; MARKER GENE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RELIABILITY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYMBIOSIS;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032076145     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(98)80441-5     Document Type: Article

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