Gene targeting in Penicillium chrysogenum: Disruption of the lys2 gene leads to penicillin overproduction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1181-1188

  Casqueiro, Javier ^a   Gutiérrez, Santiago ^a,b   Bañuelos, Oscar ^b   Hijarrubia, Maria Jossse ^b   Martín, Juan Francisco ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0344958832     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1181-1188.1999     Document Type: Article

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