A double kill gene cassette for the positive selection of transforming non-selective DNA segments in Acinetobacter baylyi BD413

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-115

  Harms, Klaus ^a   de Vries, Johann ^a   Wackernagel, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baylyi; Kill gene cassette; Positive selection; Transformation natural

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACINETOBACTER; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33947216186     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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