Functional analysis of the pBC1 replicon from Bifidobacterium catenulatum L48

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1395-1402

  Álvarez Martín, Pablo ^a,b   O'Connell Motherway, Mary ^b   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^b   Mayo, Baltasar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Bifidobacterium catenulatum; Cloning vectors; Plasmid; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DERIVATIVES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; REACTION KINETICS;

BIFIDOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; CLONING VECTORS; PLASMID; PROBIOTICS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; CLONE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM;

EID: 34648822388     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1115-5     Document Type: Article

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