A reporter gene system for the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus based on a selectable and integrative shuttle vector

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1241-1252

  Jonuscheit, Melanie ^a   Martusewitsch, Erika ^a   Stedman, Kenneth M ^b   Schleper, Christa ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREF GENE; REPORTER GENE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; FUSELLOVIRIDAE; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SULFOLOBUS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR;

EID: 0038460077     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03509.x     Document Type: Article

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