Across genus plasmid transformation between Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli and the effect of Escherichia coli on the transforming ability of free plasmid DNA

Current Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 450-456

  Wang, Xiaojuan ^a   Li, Meiju ^a   Yan, Qing ^a   Chen, Xiangdong ^a   Geng, Jing ^a   Xie, Zhixiong ^a   Shen, Ping ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34249093925     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-006-0617-1     Document Type: Article

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