Cloning and expression of mel gene from Bacillus thuringiensis in Escherichia coli

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-288

  Ruan, L ^a   He, W ^a   He, J ^a   Sun, M ^a   Yu, Z ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cloning; Mel; Melanin; Tyrosinase; UV

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; LEVODOPA; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEL GENE; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEVODOPA; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 25444469458     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-004-4775-5     Document Type: Article

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