Insertional gene inactivation in a phototrophic sulphur bacterium : APS-reductase-deficient mutants of Chromatium vinosum

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3363-3372

  Dahl, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenosine 5 phosphosulphate reductase; Chromatium vinosum; Interposon mutagenesis; Molybdenum; Sulphite oxidation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; KANAMYCIN; MOLYBDIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFIDE; SULFITE; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMATIUM VINOSUM; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUICIDE GENE; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

CHROMATIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFITES; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 0030459663     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-12-3363     Document Type: Article

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