amdSYM, A new dominant recyclable marker cassette for Saccharomyces cerevisiae

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-139

  Solis Escalante, Daniel ^a,b   Kuijpers, Niels G A ^a,b   Bongaerts, Nadine ^a,b   Bolat, Irina ^a,b   Bosman, Lizanne ^a,b   Pronk, Jack T ^a,b,c   Daran, Jean Marc ^a,b,c   Daran Lapujade, Pascale ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^c Platform Green Synthetic Biology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetamidase; Counter selectable marker; Dominant marker; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Scarless marker removal; Serial gene deletion

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; NITROGEN; ACETAMIDASE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; AMIDASE; FLUOROACETAMIDE; FLUOROACETIC ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENETIC MARKER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOMINANT RECYCLABLE MARKER CASSETTE GENE AMDSYM; EREMOTHECIUM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; DOMINANT GENE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES; SACCHAROMYCETALES; TRANSGENE;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EREMOTHECIUM GOSSYPII; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACETAMIDES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLUOROACETATES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCETALES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84872424364     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12024     Document Type: Article

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