Disruption of a sugar transporter gene cluster in a hyperthermophilic archaeon using a host-marker system based on antibiotic resistance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2683-2691

  Matsumi, Rie ^a   Manabe, Kenji ^a   Fukui, Toshiaki ^a   Atomi, Haruyuki ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLOSE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; PLASMID DNA; PYRUVIC ACID; SIMVASTATIN; SUGAR TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; FUSION GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARAENSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HEAT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SIMVASTATIN; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARENSIS;

EID: 34147158720     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01692-06     Document Type: Article

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