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SUICIDE VECTOR [1 record]

Record 1 2005-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

A man-made plasmid that carries the Kanomycin-resistance transpason Tn5, and which when introduced into Agrobacterium conveniently self-destructs, but only after the Tn5 transposon has had an opportunity to jump to a new site on the bacterial chromosome or on a tiplasmid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Vecteur navette dont l'une des origines de réplication a été éliminée et qui, introduit dans l'hôte correspondant y apporte l'ADN cloné, puis disparaît au cours des générations.

Spanish

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