The native Pseudomonas stutzeri strain Q chromosomal integron can capture and express cassette-associated genes

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1853-1864

  Coleman, Nicholas V ^a   Holmes, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENTAMICINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 21344464036     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27854-0     Document Type: Article

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