Development of a mariner-Based Transposon for Use in Sorangium cellulosum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6299-6301

  Julien, Bryan ^a   Fehd, Ruby ^a  

^a KOSAN BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES; MUTAGENESIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EPOK GENE; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; SORANGIUM CELLULOSUM; TNP GENE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYXOCOCCALES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; TRANSPOSASES;

EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MYXOCOCCALES; POLYANGIUM CELLULOSUM; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0142104339     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.6299-6301.2003     Document Type: Article

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