Construction of a new sensitive molecular tool for the study of gene expression in Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-168

  Le Jeune, André ^a   Touchet, Florent ^a   Zhao, Chen ^a   Hartke, Axel ^a   Auffray, Yanick ^a   Benachour, Abdellah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Gene expression; Promoter probe vector; pVEPhoZ; Transcriptional fusion

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CRORS GENE; DHAK GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE VECTOR; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOZ GENE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SIGV GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUTEA MONOSPERMA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 77957743895     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321663     Document Type: Article

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