Genetic analyses in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-96

  She, Qunxin ^a   Zhang, Changyi ^b   Deng, Ling ^a,b   Peng, Nan ^a,b   Chen, Zhengjun ^b   Liang, Yun Xiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Gene knockout; Hyperthermophile; Marker gene; Plasmid; Sulfolobus islandicus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN LACS; PROTEIN PYREF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; REVIEW;

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS;

GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 59749097323     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370092     Document Type: Article

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