A gene transfer system for the glycopeptide producer Nonomuraea sp. ATCC39727

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-57

  Stinchi, Sofia ^a   Azimonti, Sara ^a   Donadio, Stefano ^a   Sosio, Margherita ^a  

^a Vicuron Pharmaceuticals   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Antibiotic; Conjugation; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NONOMURAEA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONOMURAEA; STREPTOMYCES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0142011472     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00490-7     Document Type: Article

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