CRISPR-Cas9 for the genome engineering of cyanobacteria and succinate production

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 293-302

  Li, Hung ^a   Shen, Claire R ^a   Huang, Chun Hung ^a   Sung, Li Yu ^a   Wu, Meng Ying ^a   Hu, Yu Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas9; Cyanobacteria; Genome editing; Metabolic engineering; PCC 7942; Succinate; Synechococcus elongatus

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; CELLS; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOLOGY; GENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

CRISPR-CAS9; CYANOBACTERIA; PCC 7942; SUCCINATE; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

CELL ENGINEERING;

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 9; GLYCOGEN; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TEMPLATE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLGC GENE; GLTA GENE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PPC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; APOPTOSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EDITING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE EDITING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SUCCINIC ACID; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84992202389     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.09.006     Document Type: Article

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