Improved trimethoprim-resistance cassette for prokaryotic selections

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 441-445

  Kim, Young Bae ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Cloning vector; Dihydrofolate reductase (dfr); Plasmid construction; Selectable marker; Transformation; Trimethoprim (Tmp)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLONING VECTOR; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (DFR); PLASMID CONSTRUCTION; SELECTABLE MARKER; TRANSFORMATION; TRIMETHOPRIM (TMP);

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTICS;

BETA LACTAMASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; SATELLITE CELL;

CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70449401564     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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