Genome engineering using a synthetic gene circuit in Bacillus subtilis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e42-

  Jeong, Da Eun ^a   Park, Seung Hwan ^a,b   Pan, Jae Gu ^a   Kim, Eui Joong ^c   Choi, Soo Keun ^a,b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c GenoFocus Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; XYLOSE; BACTERIAL DNA; GENETIC MARKER; SYNTHETIC DNA;

AMYE GENE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CAT GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LACI GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PPSABCDE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; SPAC GENE; WILD TYPE; XYLA GENE; XYLR GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, SYNTHETIC; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84942254891     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1380     Document Type: Article

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