Application of Cre-LoxP system in the gene knockout of bacillus anthracis and the knockout of eag gene

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 934-940

  Wang, Yan Chun ^a   Jiang, Na ^a   Zhan, De Wen ^a   Qiu, Yan ^a   Yuan, Sheng Ling ^a   Tao, Hao Xia ^a   Wang, Ling Chun ^a   Zhang, Zhao Shan ^a   Liu, Chun Jie ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Cre LoxP system; Eag gene; Gene knockout; Homologous recombination

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350637834     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1206.2008.00687     Document Type: Article

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