Bacillus subtilis genome editing using ssDNA with short homology regions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Yang ^a   Weng, Jun ^a   Waseem, Raza ^a   Yin, Xihou ^b   Zhang, Ruifu ^a   Shen, Qirong ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; MYC PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ABRB GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRE RECOMBINASE GENE; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; LOXP SITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE MYC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MURAMIDASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84863187862     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks248     Document Type: Article

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