Development of a simvastatin selection marker for a hyperthermophilic acidophile, Sulfolobus islandicus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 568-574

  Zheng, Tao ^a   Huang, Qihong ^a   Zhang, Changyi ^b,c   Ni, Jinfeng ^a   She, Qunxin ^b   Shen, Yulong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL VIABILITY; COENZYME A; EXPRESSION VECTORS; GENE CODING; GENE KNOCKOUT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STUDIES; HELICASES; HIGH LEVEL EXPRESSION; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC; MUTANT CELLS; PLASMID VECTORS; SELECTABLE MARKERS; SELECTION MARKER; SIMVASTATIN; SOLID MEDIUM; TRANSFORMANTS;

CELLS; DNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE (NADPH); SIMVASTATIN;

ACIDOPHILY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; MUTATION; PLASMID; PROKARYOTE; THERMOPHILY;

ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SULFOLOBUS;

DRUG RESISTANCE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA-REDUCTASES, NADP-DEPENDENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SIMVASTATIN; SULFOLOBUS;

CRENARCHAEOTA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS;

EID: 84862908235     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06095-11     Document Type: Article

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