PBAD-based shuttle vectors for functional analysis of toxic and highly regulated genes in Pseudomonas and Burkholderia spp. and other bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7422-7426

  Qiu, Dongru ^a   Damron, F Heath ^a   Mima, Takehiko ^c   Schweizer, Herbert P ^c   Yu, Hongwei D ^a,b,d  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dow Technology Park   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^d Robert C Byrd Biotechnology Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BURKHOLDERIA; CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS; EXPRESSION VECTORS; REGULATED GENES;

VECTORS;

BACTERIUM; CLONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RANGE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BURKHOLDERIA; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULATOR GENE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BURKHOLDERIA; ESCHERICHIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

ARAC PROTEIN; ARAC PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BURKHOLDERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 57149099185     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01369-08     Document Type: Article

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