Counterselection System for Geobacillus kaustophilus HTA426 through: Disruption of pyrF and pyrR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7376-7383

  Suzuki, Hirokazu ^a,b   Murakami, Ayano ^a   Yoshida, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE GENES; GALACTOSIDASES; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; HETEROLOGOUS GENES; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MARKER GENES; METABOLIZATION; POSITIVE SELECTION; PYRIMIDINE BIOSYNTHESIS; TOXIC METABOLITES; URACIL DERIVATIVES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE ENCODING;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

5-FLUOROOROTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUOROOROTIC ACID; OROTIC ACID; URACIL;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; METABOLISM; RECOMBINATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOBACILLUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; GEOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OROTIC ACID; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; URACIL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS KAUSTOPHILUS;

EID: 84868352647     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01669-12     Document Type: Article

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