Activity of native vs. synthetic promoters in Brucella

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-215

  Seleem, Mohamed N ^a,b   Jain, Neeta ^a   Alqublan, Hamzeh ^a   Vemulapalli, Ramesh ^c   Boyle, Stephen M ^a   Sriranganathan, Nammalwar ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella; Gene expression; Promoters

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRUCELLA SUIS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; LAC OPERON; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS;

EID: 53849112312     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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