Construction of thyA deficient Lactococcus lactis using the Cre-loxP recombination system

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1659-1665

  Zhu, Duolong ^a   Zhao, Kai ^b   Xu, Haijin ^a   Zhang, Xiuming ^a   Bai, Yanling ^a   Saris, Per E J ^b   Qiao, Mingqiang ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cre loxP recombination system; Lactococcus lactis; Marker; Recombinase; thyA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 84938993551     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-1005-x     Document Type: Article

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