Sequence analysis of the cryptic plasmid pMG101 from Rhodopseudomonas palustris and construction of stable cloning vectors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-63

  Inui, Masayuki ^a   Roh, Jung Hyeob ^a   Zahn, Kenneth ^a   Yukawa, Hideaki ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0342546003     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.54-63.2000     Document Type: Article

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