Construction of a shuttle vector for, and spheroplast transformation of, the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5528-5536

  Lucas, Soizick ^a   Toffin, Laurent ^a   Zivanovic, Yvan ^a   Charlier, Daniel ^a   Moussard, Hélène ^a   Forterre, Patrick ^a   Prieur, Daniel ^a   Erauso, Gaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS;

GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUOROOROTIC ACID; MACROGOL; PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMID DNA; URACIL;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CLONING VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SPHEROPLAST; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; UNIDENTIFIED CLONING VECTOR; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR; VECTORS;

EID: 0036840170     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5528-5536.2002     Document Type: Article

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