Development of shuttle vectors for evaluation of essential regulator regulated gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus

Plasmid

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 188-192

  Yan, Meiying ^a   Yu, Chuanxin ^a,b   Yang, Junshu ^a   Ji, Yinduo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Promoter reporter fusion; Staphylococcus aureus; TetR regulated promoter

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LUX GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; REPORTER GENE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 64749105627     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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