Molecular Characterization of Heterologous HIV-1gp120 Gene Expression Disruption in Mycobacterium bovis BCG Host Strain: A Critical Issue for Engineering Mycobacterial Based-Vaccine Vectors

Table 1

List of bacterial strains used in this study.

Bacterial strains	Relevant characteristics	Reference or source
Mycobacterium bovis BCG	1173 P2 Pasteur strain	[23]
Mycobacterium bovis BCG mc^2 1604	Pasteur ΔlysA5::res	[24]
Escherichia coli JM109	recA1 endA1 gyrA96 thi-1 hsdR17 (rK^−mk^+) supE44 relA1 Δ(lac-proAB)/F^[traD36proAB^+ lac I q lacZΔM15]	GIBCO BRL