Sequences of versatile broad-host-range vectors of the RK2 family

Plasmid

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-79

  Scott, Heather N ^a   Laible, Philip D ^a   Hanson, Deborah K ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning vector; Conjugation; Mobilizable vector; Plasmid DNA sequence; pRK404; RK2

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE LACZ; PLASMID VECTOR; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE DATABASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED CLONING VECTOR;

EID: 0038798524     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-619X(03)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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