Development of a versatile procedure based on natural transformation for marker-free targeted genetic modification in Streptococcus thermophilus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7870-7877

  Fontaine, Laetitia ^a   Dandoy, Damien ^a   Boutry, Céline ^a   Delplace, Brigitte ^a   De Frahan, Marie Henry ^a   Fremaux, Christophe ^b   Horvath, Philippe ^b   Boyaval, Patrick ^b   Hols, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Danisco France SAS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE-LOXP; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; IN-VITRO; MARKERLESS; NATURAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ONE STEP; PROTOTROPHY; SCREENING PROCEDURES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS STRAINS;

AMINO ACIDS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENETIC MARKER; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

GENE TARGETING; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 78650378430     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01671-10     Document Type: Article

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