A broadly applicable gene knockout system for the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus based on simvastatin selection

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1513-1522

  Zhang, Changyi ^a   Whitaker, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LACS PROTEIN; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYREF PROTEIN; SIMVASTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS;

ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; SIMVASTATIN; SULFOLOBUS;

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS;

EID: 84861854629     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.058289-0     Document Type: Article

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