Implantation of unmarked regulatory and metabolic modules in Gram-negative bacteria with specialised mini-transposon delivery vectors

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-154

  Nikel, Pablo I ^a   de Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Chromosomal insertion; FRT; LacIQ Ptrc; Mini Tn5 transposon; Pseudomonas; XylS Pm

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSIS; CHROMOSOMAL INSERTION; FRT; LACIQ/PTRC; MINI-TN5 TRANSPOSON; PSEUDOMONAS; XYLS/PM;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL ENGINEERING; CHROMOSOMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOSPHORYLATION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

3 METHYLBENZOIC ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SUGAR TRANSPORT; TRANSPOSON; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCOSE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; ZYMOMONAS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 84872193848     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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