Broad-Host-Range Plasmid Vectors for Gene Expression in Bacteria

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 765, Issue , 2011, Pages 327-343

  Lale, Rahmi ^a   Brautaset, Trygve ^b   Valla, Svein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Broad host range; Conjugation; Plasmid; RK2; XylS Pm

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; PLASMID; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052954282     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-197-0_19     Document Type: Chapter

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