Sequence analysis of two cryptic plasmids from Bifidobactenum longum DJO10A and construction of a shuttle cloning vector

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 527-535

  Lee, Ju Hoon ^a   O'Sullivan, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CARGILL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CLONING VECTOR; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HETEROLOGOUS GENES; SEGREGATIONAL STABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIRCULAR DNA; CONTIG; DNA A; NUCLEASE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

BACTERIUM; DNA; GENE; PLASMID; PROBIOTICS; PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CLONING VECTOR; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INVERTED REPEAT; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACZ GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; REP GENE; REPLICON; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33644863743     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.527-535.2006     Document Type: Article

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