The synthetic integron: An in vivo genetic shuffling device

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Bikard, David ^a   Julié Galau, Stéphane ^a   Cambray, Guillaume ^a   Mazel, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN TRPA; PROTEIN TRPB; PROTEIN TRPC; PROTEIN TRPD; PROTEIN TRPE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SHUFFLING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

DNA SHUFFLING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRONS; OPERON; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77956106329     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq511     Document Type: Article

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