A new method for the construction of a mutant library with a predictable occurrence rate using Poisson distribution

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 442-450

  Seong, Ki Moon ^a   Park, Hweon ^a   Kim, Seong Jung ^a   Ha, Hyo Nam ^a   Lee, Jae Yung ^b   Kim, Joon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bZIP transcriptional factor; Gcn4p; Poisson distribution; Random mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN GCN4P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34247626283     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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