Integrative vector for stable transformation and expression of a β- 1,3-glucanase gene in Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Haapalainen, Minna L ^a   Kobets, Nataly ^b   Piruzian, Eleonora ^b   Metzler, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Clavibacter; Endophyte; Gene expression; Glucanase; Insertion vector

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; DNA; GLUCAN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CLAVIBACTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032080768     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00046-9     Document Type: Article

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