Antibiotic-free selection in E. coli: New considerations for optimal design and improved production

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Peubez, Isabelle ^a   Chaudet, Nicolas ^a   Mignon, Charlotte ^a   Hild, Géraldine ^a   Husson, Stéphanie ^a   Courtois, Virginie ^a   De Luca, Karelle ^a   Speck, Denis ^a   Sodoyer, Régis ^a  

^a SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VECTOR; INITIATION FACTOR; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN MURA; TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR INFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CCDA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; CCDB PROTEIN, PLASMID F; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ELIMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOST; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 77956468731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-9-65     Document Type: Article

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