The treA gene of Bacillus subtilis is a suitable reporter gene for the archaeon Methanococcus voltae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-242

  Sniezko, Izabela ^a   Dobson Stone, Carol ^a   Klein, Albrecht ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Gene regulation; Methanococcus; Reporter gene; Trehalase

Indexed keywords

TREHALASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE CONTROL; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DISACCHARIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; METHANOCOCCUS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE;

EID: 0032528125     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00216-X     Document Type: Article

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