Construction of an Escherichia coli to Bacillus thuringiensis shuttle vector for large DNA fragments

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 765-772

  Liu, Xiaoyan ^a   Peng, Donghai ^a   Luo, Yi ^a   Ruan, Lifang ^a   Yu, Ziniu ^a   Sun, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Genome research; Large holding capability; Shuttle vector

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME LIBRARIES; DNA FRAGMENTS; E. COLI; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCES; EXOGENOUS GENES; GENE CLUSTERS; GENOME RESEARCH; HIGH CAPACITIES; LARGE HOLDING CAPABILITY; LOADING CAPACITIES; NEW TOOLS; SHUTTLE VECTOR; THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

VECTORS;

BACTERIUM; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 61449166864     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1854-y     Document Type: Article

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