Plasmid Artificial Modification: A Novel Method for Efficient DNA Transfer into Bacteria

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 765, Issue , 2011, Pages 309-326

  Suzuki, Tohru ^a   Yasui, Kazumasa ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferase; Electroporation; Genome sequence; Plasmid Artificial Modification; Restriction modification system; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 80052940763     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-197-0_18     Document Type: Chapter

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