High copy number integration into the ribosomal DNA of the yeast Phaffia rhodozyma

Gene

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-97

  Wery, Jan ^a   Gutker, Diana ^b   Renniers, Anton C H M ^b   Verdoes, Jan C ^a   Van Ooyen, Albert J J ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Gist Brocades NV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Geneticin; Genomic organization; Homologous integration; Mitotic stability; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTIBIOTIC G 418; ASTAXANTHIN; KANAMYCIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSPOSON; YEAST;

ACTINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PROBES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENTAMICINS; KANAMYCIN; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031015587     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00579-3     Document Type: Article

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