Cloning and Characterization of the Promoters of Temperate Mycobacteriophage L1

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 586-592

  Chattopadhyay, Chandrani ^a   Sau, Subrata ^a   Mandal, Nitai C ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Consensus; Early promoter; Mycobacteriophage L1; galactosidase reporter

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0942278888     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2003.36.6.586     Document Type: Article

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