Genetic methods for Methanosarcina species

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 494, Issue , 2011, Pages 23-42

  Buan, Nicole ^a   Kulkarni, Gargi ^b,c   Metcalf, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; LIPOSOME;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; METHANOGEN; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI STR. FUSARO;

EID: 79952613800     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385112-3.00002-0     Document Type: Chapter

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