The use of assembly polymerase chain reaction for cloning of a malarial epitope into Mycobacterium smegmatis - Importance of overcoming codon bias

Biotechnology Techniques

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 485-489

  Norazmi, M N ^a   Zainuddin, Z F ^a   Suppian, R ^a   Dale, J W ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly PCR; Codon usage; Malaria; Mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CODON; DNA FRAGMENT; EPITOPE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA;

EID: 0032789382     PISSN: 0951208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008945112490     Document Type: Article

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