Unusual integrase gene expression on the clc genomic island in Pseudomonas sp. strain B13

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 4530-4538

  Sentchilo, V ^a   Ravatn, R ^b   Werlen, C ^a   Zehnder, A J B ^a   Van der Meer, J R ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b InforMax Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; ALCOHOL; AROMATIC COMPOUND; INTEGRASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CATABOLISM; CELL DENSITY; CLC GENE; DNA INTEGRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMIC ISLAND; GFP GENE; HEAT SHOCK; INTB13 GENE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS B13; TRANSCRIPTION FUSION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

CHLOROBENZOATES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COLLODION; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, CIRCULAR; FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0038782123     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.15.4530-4538.2003     Document Type: Article

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