Bacteriophage-based vectors for site-specific insertion of DNA in the chromosome of Corynebacteria

Gene

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 53-62

  Oram, Mark ^a   Woolston, Joelle E ^a   Jacobson, Andrew D ^b   Holmes, Randall K ^b   Oram, Diana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment sites; Corynebacterium; Diphtheria; Integrating vector; Lambda integrase family

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FERROUS ION; PLASMID VECTOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; ATTB1 GENE; ATTB2 GENE; ATTP GENE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DNA INTEGRATION; DTXR GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOX GENE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS GENE;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 33847653735     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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