Identification of mycoplasmal promoters in Escherichia coli using a promoter probe vector with Green Fluorescent Protein as reporter system

Gene

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 213-222

  Dhandayuthapani, S ^a   Rasmussen, W G ^a   Baseman, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression of gfp; Primer extension; Promoter sequences; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONE CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032541022     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00260-1     Document Type: Article

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