Screening and Expression of Genes from Metagenomes

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-68

  Leis, Benedikt ^a   Angelov, Angel ^a   Liebl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional metagenomic screening; Heterologous expression hosts; Metagenomic libraries; Metagenomics; Multihost vector systems; Next generation sequencing; Novel biocatalysts; Sequence based screening; Thermus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PLASMID VECTOR;

BIOCATALYST; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL LYSATE; DATA BASE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; METAGENOME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METAGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOMIC LIBRARY; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84877143960     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407678-5.00001-5     Document Type: Chapter

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