Mining environmental plasmids for synthetic biology parts and devices

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Martínez García, Esteban ^a   Benedetti, Ilaria ^a   Hueso, Angeles ^a   de Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMIDS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84949527665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PLAS-0033-2014     Document Type: Article

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