Use of a dominant rpsL allele conferring streptomycin dependence for positive and negative selection in Thermus thermophilus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5138-5145

  Blas Galindo, Emilio ^a   Cava, Felipe ^a   López Viñas, Eduardo ^a   Mendieta, Jesús ^a   Berenguer, José ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES; RNA; STRAIN;

NEGATIVE SELECTION; STREPTOMYCIN FREE GROWTH MEDIUM;

MICROBIOLOGY;

KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DELETION MUTANT; DISEASE MARKER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; NEGATIVE SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE SELECTION; RPSL GENE; RPSL1 GENE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; STREPTOMYCIN; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 34548201196     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00751-07     Document Type: Article

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