Self-transmissible IncP R995 plasmids with alternative markers and utility for Flp/FRT cloning strategies

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1123-1126

  Santiago, Clayton P ^a   Quick, Laura N ^a,b   Wilson, James W ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Childern's Hospital of Philadelphia   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad host range; Flp; FRT; IncP; R995; Selftransmissible; VEX capture

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RECOMBINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLP RECOMBINASE TARGET SITE; GENETIC MARKER; INCP R995 PLASMID; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 82555183505     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1106.06032     Document Type: Article

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