Development of a genetic transformation system for benzene-tolerant rhodococcus opacus strains

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 408-414

  Na, Kyung Su ^a   Nagayasu, Kan ^a   Kuroda, Akio ^a   Takiguchi, Noboru ^a   Ikeda, Tsukasa ^b   Ohtake, Hisao ^c   Kato, Junichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic transformation; Rhodococcus opacus; Shuttle vector; Solvent tolerant bacterium

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CELL MEMBRANES; DNA; GENE TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; STYRENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ACTINOMYCETES; ETHYLBENZENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATIONS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS;

BACTERIA;

PLASMID DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ELECTROPORATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; RHODOCOCCUS; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 19644387919     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.99.408     Document Type: Article

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