Current development in genetic engineering strategies of Bacillus species

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dong, Huina ^a   Zhang, Dawei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Enzymes   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus species; Counter selection marker; Genetic engineering strategies; Operator repressor system; Site specific recombination; Toxin gene

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PYRIMIDINE; URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ARAR GENE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CCDB GENE; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LYSA GENE; MAZF GENE; NONHUMAN; OROP GENE; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; PYRR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTEGRASES; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PYRIMIDINES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

EID: 84901459476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-63     Document Type: Article

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