Improved Genetic Transformation of the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium, Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-175

  Iwai, Masako ^a   Katoh, Hiroshi ^a   Katayama, Mitsunori ^a   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Restriction endonuclease; Single crossover recombination; Thermophilic; Thermosynechococcus elongatus; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AGAR; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS BP-1;

EID: 1542320967     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch015     Document Type: Article

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