Construction of a new high-copy number shuttle vector of Bacillus thuringiensis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-366

  Mesrati, L A ^a   Karray, M D ^a   Tounsi, S ^a   Jaoua, Samir ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Copy number; pHBLBIV; Shuttle vector; Stability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; VECTORS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COPY NUMBER; E. COLI; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE; NEW HIGH; PHBLBIV; PROTEIN-ENCODING GENES; SHUTTLE VECTOR; THURINGIENSIS; VEGETATIVE INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REPLICON; SHUTTLE VECTOR; VIP GENE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 25844439722     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01733.x     Document Type: Article

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