Identification of strong promoter elements of Mycobacterium smegmatis and their utility for foreign gene expression in mycobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-142

  Spratt, Joanne M ^a   Britton, Warwick J ^a   Triccas, James A ^a  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Protein purification; Strong promoter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AEQUOREA; AEQUOREA VICTORIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037970747     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00442-7     Document Type: Article

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