Artificial chromosomes for antibiotic-producing actinomycetes

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 343-345

  Sosio, Margherita ^a   Giusino, Francesco ^b,c   Cappellano, Carmela ^d   Bossi, Elena ^a   Puglia, Anna Maria ^b   Donadio, Stefano ^a  

^a Biosearch Italia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Wyeth Lederle SpA   (Italy)

^d SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLONING VECTOR; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS);

EID: 0034058107     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/73810     Document Type: Article

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