Development of a markerless knockout method for actinobacillus succinogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3053-3061

  Joshi, Rajasi V ^a   Schindler, Bryan D ^a,b   McPherson, Nikolas R ^c   Tiwari, Kanupriya ^a   Vieille, Claire ^a,d  

^a Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; YEAST;

ACTINOBACILLUS SUCCINOGENES; EXONUCLEASE ACTIVITY; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; NATURAL TRANSFORMATIONS; POSITIVE SELECTION; PYRUVATE FORMATE LYASE; SELECTION MARKER; TRANSFORMATION METHODS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY; MUTATION; PLASMID; RECOMBINATION;

GENETIC MARKER; SUCCINIC ACID;

ACTINOBACILLUS; EVALUATION STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

ACTINOBACILLUS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC MARKERS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 84899108896     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00492-14     Document Type: Article

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