Modified cre-loxp recombination in Aspergillus oryzae by direct introduction of Cre recombinase for marker gene rescue

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4126-4133

  Mizutani, Osamu ^a   Masaki, Kazuo ^a   Gomi, Katsuya ^b   Iefuji, Haruyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BREWING   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CRE RECOMBINASE; CRE-LOXP; GENE DELETION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MARKER GENES; MARKER RESCUE; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINATION SYSTEM; SELECTABLE MARKER GENES; SIMPLE METHOD;

ASPERGILLUS; ENZYMES; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

DNA;

CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMID; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMID;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE;

EID: 84864094561     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00080-12     Document Type: Article

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