The art and design of functional metagenomic screens

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 465-472

  Taupp, Marcus ^a   Mewis, Keith ^a   Hallam, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY-BASED; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DNA ISOLATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT TECHNOLOGY; HOST-VECTOR SYSTEM; METAGENOMICS; PHENOTYPIC TRAITS; RAPID ISOLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GENE EXPRESSION;

GENOMIC DNA;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS; DNA ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79957977760     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.02.010     Document Type: Review

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