A novel pair of inducible expression vectors for use in Methylobacterium extorquens

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chubiz, Lon M ^a   Purswani, Jessica ^a,b   Carroll, Sean Michael ^a   Marx, Chistopher J ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE 16-3; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC VECTORS; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84877073280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-183     Document Type: Article

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