Specialized techniques: Recombineering: Genetic engineering in bacteria using homologous recombination

Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

Volumn , Issue SUPL.106, 2014, Pages

  Thomason, Lynn C ^a   Sawitzke, James A ^b   Li, Xintian ^b   Costantino, Nina ^b   Court, Donald L ^b  

^a FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacteriophage ; Homologous recombination; Rac prophage; RecET; Recombineering; Selection counter selection; Red system

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; RESTRICTION SITE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84901639837     PISSN: 19343639     EISSN: 19343647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb0116s106     Document Type: Article

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