Deletion of a KU80 homolog enhances homologous recombination in the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2059-2067

  Choo, Jin Ho ^a   Han, Changpyo ^a   Kim, Jae Young ^b   Kang, Hyun Ah ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Homologous recombination; Kluyveromyces marxianus; KU80 Gene; Non homologous end joining; Targeted gene deletion; Thermotolerant yeast

Indexed keywords

JOINING; YEAST;

HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; NONHOMOLOGOUS END JOINING; TARGETED-GENE DELETION; THERMOTOLERANT YEASTS;

GENES;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TUNICAMYCIN;

CLASSIFICATION; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; KLUYVEROMYCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; KLUYVEROMYCES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE; TUNICAMYCIN;

EID: 84906946147     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1576-4     Document Type: Article

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