Tryptophan auxotrophs were obtained by random transposon insertions in the Methanococcus maripaludis tryptophan operon

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-254

  Porat, Iris ^a,b   Whitman, William B ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Methanogens; Transposon; Tryptophan auxotrophs

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; METHANOCOCCUS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS;

EID: 68249142904     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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