Applications of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Flp-FRT system in bacterial genetics

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-77

  Schweizer, Herbert P ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial genetics; Chromosome; Gene fusion; Mutation; Yeast recombinase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GENOMIC DNA; LIVE VACCINE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; RECOMBINASE;

ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSAFETY; BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FOOD; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0042196461     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069976     Document Type: Review

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