Expression of Genes in Cyanobacteria: Adaptation of Endogenous Plasmids as Platforms for High-Level Gene Expression in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 684, Issue , 2011, Pages 273-293

  Xu, Yu ^a   Alvey, Richard M ^a   Byrne, Patrick O ^a   Graham, Joel E ^a   Shen, Gaozhong ^a   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity tag; Cyanobacteria; Gene expression; Homologous recombination; Plasmid; Synechococcus; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952117595     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-925-3_21     Document Type: Chapter

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