Directed evolution of thermostable kanamycin-resistance gene: A convenient selection marker for Thermus thermophilus

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 951-956

  Hoseki, Jun ^a   Yano, Takato ^b   Koyama, Yoshinori ^c   Kuramitsu, Seiki ^a   Kagamiyama, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Directed evolution; DNA shuffling; Kanamycin resistance gene; Thermostability; Thermus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; KANAMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0032730861     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022539     Document Type: Article

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