Gene Targeting in the Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae: Single- and Multi-Copy Insertion Using Authentic and Chimeric Selection Markers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Fujiwara, Takayuki ^a   Ohnuma, Mio ^b,d   Yoshida, Masaki ^c   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^b,d   Hirano, Tatsuya ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; RED ALGA; TRANSGENE; URA5.3 GENE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MARKERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPHYTA; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84882762218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073608     Document Type: Article

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