Characterization of a theta-type plasmid from Lactobacillus sakei: A potential basis for low-copy-number vectors in lactobacilli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5574-5584

  Alpert, Carl Alfred ^a,b   Crutz Le Coq, Anne Marie ^a   Malleret, Christine ^a   Zagorec, Monique ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; PROTEINS;

NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

PLASMID VECTOR;

MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS CURVATUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPLICON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINASES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS CURVATUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR;

EID: 0141592720     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5574-5584.2003     Document Type: Article

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