Positive selection system for identification of recombinants using α-complementation plasmids

BioTechniques

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 948-952

  Reddy, Manjula ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

GALACTOSE; LACTOSE; RECOMBINANT PLASMIDS;

CLONING;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE EPIMERASE; LACTOSE; PLASMID VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HYDROLYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALE;

EID: 10044252035     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/04376st03     Document Type: Article

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