Seven gene deletions in seven days: Fast generation of Escherichia coli strains tolerant to acetate and osmotic stress

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jensen, Sheila I ^a   Lennen, Rebecca M ^a   Herrgård, Markus J ^a   Nielsen, Alex T ^a  

^a Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; SALT TOLERANCE;

ACETATES; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SALT-TOLERANCE;

EID: 84949524121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17874     Document Type: Article

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