A small cryptic plasmid from Rhodococcus erythropolis: Characterization and utility for gene expression

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-68

  Kostichka, K ^a   Tao, L ^a   Bramucci, M ^a   Tomb, J F ^a   Nagarajan, V ^a   Cheng, Q ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ISOPRENOID;

GENE EXPRESSION; PLASMID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPLICON; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA HELICASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038235592     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1242-6     Document Type: Article

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