Chromosomal integration of heterologous DNA in Escherichia coli with precise removal of markers and replicons used during construction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 7143-7148

  Martinez Morales, F ^a   Borges, A C ^a   Martinez, A ^a,b   Shanmugam, K T ^a   Ingram, L O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; KANAMYCIN; PLASMID VECTOR;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0032699238     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.22.7143-7148.1999     Document Type: Article

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