Use of the pAL5000 replicon in PAH-degrading mycobacteria: Application for strain labelling and promoter probing

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 700-705

  Wattiau, P ^a   Springael, D ^b,d   Agathos, S N ^a   Wuertz, S ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) Boeretang 200   (Belgium)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RECOMBINANT DNA;

BACTERIUM;

AEQUORIA VICTORIA; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REPLICON;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MARKERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; PLASMIDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PEGANTHA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036384907     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-002-1081-x     Document Type: Article

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