Enhancement of the Gene Targeting Efficiency of Non-Conventional Yeasts by Increasing Genetic Redundancy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Zao ^a   Sun, Hongbing ^b   Li, Pengfei ^c   He, Ning ^a   Zhu, Taicheng ^b   Li, Yin ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KU ANTIGEN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; KU70 GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; OCH1 GENE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PLASMID; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SGS1 GENE;

CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; GENE TARGETING; PICHIA; PLASMIDS; YEASTS;

EID: 84874676617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057952     Document Type: Article

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