Construction of consecutive deletions of the Escherichia coli chromosome

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kato, Jun Ichi ^a   Hashimoto, Masayuki ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome deletions; Escherichia coli; Essential genes; FLP recombinase; Red

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; RECOMBINASE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME SATELLITE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 34547913808     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb4100174     Document Type: Article

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