CRISPR-based genome editing and expression control systems in Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium beijerinckii

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 961-972

  Li, Qi ^a,b   Chen, Jun ^a   Minton, Nigel P ^c   Zhang, Ying ^c   Wen, Zhiqiang ^a   Liu, Jinle ^a,b   Yang, Haifeng ^a,b   Zeng, Zhe ^a,b   Ren, Xiaodan ^a,b   Yang, Junjie ^a   Gu, Yang ^a   Jiang, Weihong ^a   Jiang, Yu ^a,d   Yang, Sheng ^a,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Shanghai Research and Development Center of Industrial Biotechnology   (China)

^e Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials   (China)

Author keywords

Clostridium; CRISPR Cas9; Gene expression; Genome editing; Nickase

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DNA; EFFICIENCY; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM ATCC 824; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CRISPR-CAS9; EXPRESSION CONTROLS; NICKASE; SOLVENTOGENIC CLOSTRIDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ELECTROPORATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84977527317     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201600053     Document Type: Article

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