Ins and outs of mycobacterial plasmids

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 465, Issue , 2008, Pages 217-228

  Movahedzadeh, Farahnaz ^a   Bitter, Wilbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance marker; Integrating vector; Mycobacterium; Natural plasmid; Shuttle vector

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84555196916     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-207-6_14     Document Type: Article

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