Directed evolution of copy number of a broad host range plasmid for metabolic engineering

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 10-17

  Tao, Luan ^a   Jackson, Raymond E ^a   Cheng, Qiong ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad host range plasmid; Carotenoids; Error prone PCR; Plasmid copy number; Replication protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCATALYSTS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; METABOLISM;

MUTANT PLASMIDS; PATHWAY GENES; PLASMIDS; RANDOM MUTAGENESIS;

MUTAGENESIS;

BETA CAROTENE; ISOPRENOID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 13844254903     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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