Sequence-based screening for putative polyketide synthase gene-harboring clones from a soil metagenome library

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-157

  Ji, Sang Chun ^a   Kim, Dockyu ^a   Yoon, Jung Hoon ^a   Oh, Tae Kwang ^a   Lee, Choong Hwan ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Polyketide synthase; Sequence based screening; Soil metagenome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOREST SOIL; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; STIGMATELLA AURANTIACA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA; NOSTOC; STIGMATELLA AURANTIACA;

EID: 32944464987     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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