Suite of novel vectors for ectopic insertion of GFP, CFP and IYFP transcriptional fusions in single copy at the amyE and bglS loci in Bacillus subtilis

Plasmid

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-149

  Bisicchia, Paola ^a   Botella, Eric ^a   Devine, Kevin M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Dual labeling; Fluorescent proteins; Transcriptional fusions

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMYE GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BGLS GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; HALF LIFE TIME; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHOA GENE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; TUAA GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 77956879615     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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