Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1: Transforming the choice of model organism

IUBMB Life

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1075-1080

  Elliott, Kathryn T ^a   Neidle, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreporters; Chromosomal reporters; Gene amplification; Gene duplication; Gene transfer; Genetic engineering; Hypersusceptibility; Metabolic engineering; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ACINETOBACTER; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84055217137     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.530     Document Type: Review

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