Elaboration of an electroporation protocol for large plasmids and wild-type strains of Bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1849-1858

  Peng, D ^a   Luo, Y ^a   Guo, S ^a   Zeng, H ^a   Ju, S ^a   Yu, Z ^a   Sun, M ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; DNA desalting; Electroporation; Large replicating plasmids; Wall weakening agency; Wild type strains

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DESALINATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GENE EXPRESSION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DNA DESALTING; ELECTROPORATION; GROWTH CONDITIONS; LARGE PLASMIDS; LARGE REPLICATING PLASMID; THURINGIENSIS; WALL-WEAKENING AGENCY; WILD TYPES; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

DNA;

DNA FRAGMENT;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CLONE; DNA; ELECTRIC FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; PLASMID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL GROWTH; CLONING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; EVALUATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REFERENCE VALUE; TYPE STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 65549122999     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04151.x     Document Type: Article

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