Gene transfer and manipulation in the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 93-100

  Mühlenhoff, Ulrich ^a   Chauvat, Franck ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES DE SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Integrative transformation; Mutagenesis; Photosystem I; Replicative vectors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0029904481     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02173209     Document Type: Article

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