Development of a plasmid vector for easy selection of strong promoters

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 302-305

  Piñeiro, Silvia A ^a,b   Sordelli, Daniel O ^b   Centrón, Daniela ^b  

^a Bio Sidus   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PLASMID VECTOR; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0343618464     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849910060     Document Type: Article

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