Development of a gene knockout system for Ralstonia eutropha H16 based on the broad-host-range vector expressing a mobile group II intron

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-200

  Park, Jong Myoung ^a,b   Jang, Yu Sin ^a,b   Kim, Tae Yong ^a   Lee, Sang Yup ^a,b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

mobile group II intron; pBBR1MCS2; phaC1; Ralstonia eutropha; RalsTron

Indexed keywords

POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DENSITY; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE VECTOR; HOST RANGE; INTRON; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PHAC1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; NEGIBACTERIA;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; INTRONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954738339     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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