Generation of Mini-Tn10 transposon insertion mutant library of Bacillus thuringiensis for the investigation of genes required for its bacteriocin production

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-149

  Kamoun, Fakher ^a   Fguira, Ines Ben ^a   Tounsi, Afef ^a   Abdelkefi Mesrati, Lobna ^a   Sanchis, Vincent ^b   Lereclus, Didier ^b   Jaoua, Samir ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bacthuricin F4; Phage tail component; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BACTHURICIN F4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIOCIN PLASMIDS; BACTERIOCINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 64549107581     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01559.x     Document Type: Article

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