Construction of long chromosomal deletion mutants of Escherichia coli and minimization of the genome

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 416, Issue , 2007, Pages 279-293

  Kato, Jun Ichi ^a   Hashimoto, Masayuki ^a  

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Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TARGETING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 40549139739     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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