A comprehensive toolbox for the rapid construction of lacZ fusion reporters

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 537-543

  Fried, Luitpold ^a   Lassak, Jürgen ^a   Jung, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosomal lacZ integration; Gene expression; Homologous recombination; Promoter fusions; Red ET recombination; Reporter plasmids

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; REPORTER GENE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; LAC OPERON; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84868523434     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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