Construction of a plasmid vector based on the pMV158 replicon for cloning and inducible gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Plasmid

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-59

  Ruiz Masó, José A ^a   López Aguilar, Celeste ^a   Nieto, Concha ^a   Sanz, Marta ^a   Burón, Patricia ^a   Espinosa, Manuel ^a   Del Solar, Gloria ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cloning vector; Plasmid pMV158; Pneumococcal malR gene; Regulated expression

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MALR PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GFP GENE; INDUCIBLE GENE EXPRESSION; JELLYFISH; MALR GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REPLICON; REPORTER GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETL GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALTOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPLICON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 83555173642     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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