Construction and complementation of in-frame deletions of the essential Escherichia coli thymidylate kinase gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1288-1294

  Chaperon, David Nicolas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOMES; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; TUMORS;

IN-FLAME DETECTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; THYMIDYLATE KINASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE 3' PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; KANAMYCIN KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; THYMIDYLATE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLB GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KKA1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PABC GENE; PLASMID; TMK GENE; YCEG GENE; YCFH GENE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSIDE-PHOSPHATE KINASE; OPERON; PLASMIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMO SAPIENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33144472154     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1288-1294.2006     Document Type: Article

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