Construction of a reporter vector for the analysis of Bifidobacterium longum promoters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 7401-7405

  Klijn, A ^a   Moine, D ^a   Delley, M ^a   Mercenier, A ^a   Arigoni, F ^a   Pridmore, R D ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DATA REDUCTION; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; VECTORS;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; MICROARRAY; PLASMID; PROMOTER ACTIVITIES;

BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; SPECTINOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM; PLASMID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GUSA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33750986513     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01611-06     Document Type: Article

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