Genetic manipulation of Prochlorococcus strain MIT9313: Green fluorescent protein expression from an RSF1010 plasmid and Tn5 transposition

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7607-7613

  Tolonen, Andrew C ^a,c   Liszt, Gregory B ^a   Hess, Wolfgang R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

PHOTOTROPHS; PLASMID DNA; REPORTER GENE ASSAYS; TAGGED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSPOSONS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASMID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA TRANSFER; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASMID; PLASMID RSF 1010; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS MIT9313; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON TN5; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 33845524845     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02034-06     Document Type: Article

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