Nucleotide sequence of plasmid pA387 of Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica and construction of a conjugative shuttle vector

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-185

  Malhotra, Shweta ^a   Majumdar, Swati ^a   Kumar, Mukesh ^a   Bhasin, V K ^a   Gartemann, Karl Heinz ^b   Lal, Rup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica; pA387; pSETRL1

Indexed keywords

AMYCOLATOPSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS BENZOATILYTICA; AMYCOLATOPSIS MEDITERRANEI; AMYCOLATOPSIS ORIENTALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 47649123602     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200700326     Document Type: Article

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