New positive selection system based on the parD (kis/kid) system of the R1 plasmid

BioTechniques

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 784-788

  Gabant, P ^a   Van Reeth, T ^a   Dreze P L ^a   Faelen, M ^a   Szpirer, C ^a   Szpirer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PLASMID VECTOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; R FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034036498     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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