Molecular characterization of plasmid from Bifidobacterium longum

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 457-462

  Park, Myeong Soo ^a   Moon, Hye Won ^b   Ji, Geun Eog ^a,b  

^a Bifido Co   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium longum MG1; Electroporation; Plasmid; Sequence analysis; Shuttle vector

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; NUCLEASE S1; PLASMID DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASE PAIRING; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR;

EID: 0037560387     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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