Improved cloning vectors for bifidobacteria, based on the Bifidobacterium catenulatum pBC1 replicon

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4656-4665

  Álvarez Martín, Pablo ^a   Flórez, Ana Belén ^a   Margolles, Abelardo ^a   Del Solar, Gloria ^b   Mayo, Baltasar ^a  

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

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; VECTORS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BIFIDOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLONING VECTORS; CRYPTIC PLASMIDS;

HEALTH;

ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PLASMID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CHROMOSOME; CLONING; CLONING VECTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOCATENULATUM; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REPLICON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; REPLICON;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOCATENULATUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 49449096616     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00074-08     Document Type: Conference Paper

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