Protoplast transformation of recalcitrant alkaliphilic bacillus sp. with methylated plasmid DNA and a developed hard agar regeneration medium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Gao, Chenghua ^a,b   Xue, Yanfen ^a   Ma, Yanhe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; PLASMID DNA; AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; GELATIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; HARD AGAR REGENERATION MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTOPLAST; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; REGENERATION; TIME;

BACILLUS SP.;

AGAR; BACILLUS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GELATIN; PLASMIDS; PROTOPLASTS; REGENERATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 81755166594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028148     Document Type: Article

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