Transformation of alternan-producing strains of Leuconostoc by electroporation

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1119-1124

  Leathers, Timothy D ^a   Jones, James D ^b   Wyckoff, Herb A ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ashton IL 61006 USA   (United States)

Author keywords

alternan; electroporation; Leuconostoc; shuttle vector; transformation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNAN; DNA; ETHIDIUM; GLUCAN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE VECTOR; LEUCONOSTOC; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPORATION; ETHIDIUM; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCANS; LEUCONOSTOC; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES SUBSP. CREMORIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR; VECTORS;

EID: 3943111038     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000035482.41491.7e     Document Type: Article

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