Construction and characterization of F plasmid-based expression vectors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 659-665

  Jones, Kristala L ^a   Keasling, Jay D ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

F plasmid; Low copy plasmids; Plasmid stability

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH KINETICS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ARABINOSE; PLASMIDS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARABINOSE; BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ARABINOSE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032552492     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980920)59:6<659::AID-BIT1>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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