Development of gene transfer methods for Rubrivivax gelatinosus S1: Construction, characterization and complementation of a puf operon deletion strain

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 379-385

  Ouchane, S ^a   Picaud, M ^a   Reiss Husson, F ^a   Vernotte, C ^a   Astier, C ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Gene organization; Gene transfer; Photosynthetic bacteria; Photosynthetic mutant

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; RUBRIVIVAX; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS;

EID: 0029807387     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050241     Document Type: Article

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