Computational design and characterization of a temperature-sensitive plasmid replicon for gram positive thermophiles

Journal of Biological Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Olson, Daniel G ^a,c   Lynd, Lee R ^a,b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c BioEnergy Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium thermocellum; Gram positive; Plasmid; Rolling circle; Temperature sensitive; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SCREENING; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOPHILE; THERMOSTABILITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84860791422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17541611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-1611-6-5     Document Type: Article

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