Construction of Gene Interruptions and Gene Deletions in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 684, Issue , 2011, Pages 295-312

  Eaton Rye, Julian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cell culture; CyanoBase; DNA isolation; Growth curves; Mutagenesis; Oxygen evolution; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OXYGEN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTERNET; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; INTERNET; OXYGEN; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952118077     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-925-3_22     Document Type: Chapter

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