Homologous gene knockout in the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum with ura3 as a counterselectable marker

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 667-676

  Peck, Ronald F ^a   DasSarma, Shiladitya ^b   Krebs, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROOROTIC ACID; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OROTIC ACID; OROTIDINE-5'-PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

EID: 0033962956     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01739.x     Document Type: Article

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