Engineering complex biological systems in bacteria through recombinase-assisted genome engineering

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1320-1336

  Santos, Christine Nicole S ^a,d   Yoshikuni, Yasuo ^a,b,c  

^a Bio Architecture Lab   (United States)

^b Oficina 1404   (Chile)

^c BAL Biofuels SA   (Chile)

^d Manus Biosynthesis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BROWN ALGA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MACROALGA; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINASE ASSISTED GENOME ENGINEERING; BACTERIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; RECOMBINASES;

EID: 84901821143     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.084     Document Type: Article

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