Strain development in Bacillus licheniformis: Construction of biologically contained mutants deficient in sporulation and DNA repair

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-254

  Nahrstedt, Hannes ^a   Waldeck, Jens ^a   Gröne, Mark ^a   Eichstädt, Renée ^b   Feesche, Jörg ^b   Meinhardt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological containment; DNA repair; Recombination; Sporulation; Strain improvement

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTAINMENT; DNA REPAIR; RECOMBINATION; SPORULATION; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT;

BACTERIA;

AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH; LIQUID CULTURE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

AMYLASES; BACILLUS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGENES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS;

EID: 24344434646     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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