Development of a markerless gene deletion system for bacillus subtilis based on the mannose phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1942-1949

  Wenzel, Marian ^a   Altenbuchner, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; MANNOSE; MANNOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; RECOMBINANT DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; SPECTINOMYCIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE-MANNOSE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GROWTH RATE; MANNOSE PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE DEPENDENT PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RESTRICTION SITE; SPOROGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL GENETICS; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PLASMIDS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84979500223     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000150     Document Type: Article

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