The Optimal Mutagen Dosage to Induce Point-Mutations in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 and Its Application to Promote Temperature Tolerance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Tillich, Ulrich M ^a,b   Lehmann, Sandra ^a   Schulze, Katja ^a   Dühring, Ulf ^c   Frohme, Marcus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WILDAU   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CYANO BIOTECH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; FATTY ACID; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHALITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; SATURATION MUTAGENESIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

BIOFUELS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 84869855481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049467     Document Type: Article

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