A Simple Method for Introducing Marker-Free Deletions in the Bacillus subtilis Genome

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 765, Issue , 2011, Pages 345-358

  Morimoto, Takuya ^a   Ara, Katsutoshi ^b   Ozaki, Katsuya ^b   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Marker free mutant; MazF

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

RECOMBINANT DNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA, RECOMBINANT; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 80052955969     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-197-0_20     Document Type: Chapter

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