Generation of dominant selectable markers for resistance to pseudomonic acid by cloning and mutagenesis of the ileS gene from the archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri Fusaro

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2611-2618

  Boccazzi, Paolo ^a   Zhang, Jun Kai ^a   Metcalf, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENETIC VECTORS; ISOLEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUPIROCIN; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI STR. FUSARO; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0343528013     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.9.2611-2618.2000     Document Type: Article

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