Expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase in Bacillus subtilis under the control of a phytoplasma promoter

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 177-179

  Palmano, S ^a   Kirkpatrick, B C ^b   Firrao, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Bacillus subtilis; Phytoplasma; Promoter

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; RNA 16S;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACHOLEPLASMATACEAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GROUP III PHYTOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMA; WESTERN X PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0035972792     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00179-3     Document Type: Article

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