Construction of a novel shuttle vector based on an RCR-plasmid from a haloalkaliphilic archaeon and transformation into other haloarchaea

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1107-1113

  Zhou, Meixian ^a   Xiang, Hua ^a   Sun, Chaomin ^a   Tan, Huarong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

haloalkaliphilic archaea; restriction system; shuttle vector; stability; transformation

Indexed keywords

DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA HISPANICA; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR;

EID: 3943110356     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000035493.21986.20     Document Type: Article

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