An Organic Acid Based Counter Selection System for Cyanobacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Begemann, Matthew B ^a,b   Zess, Erin K ^b   Walters, Eric M ^b   Schmitt, Emily F ^b   Markley, Andrew L ^b   Pfleger, Brian F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DNA FRAGMENT; HYDRACRYLIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; PROPIONIC ACID;

ACSA GENE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER SELECTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GLPK GENE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ACRYLATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COENZYME A LIGASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; LACTIC ACID; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PROPIONATES; PSEUDOGENES; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84885083930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076594     Document Type: Article

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