Development of an improved system for the generation of knockout mutants of Amycolatopsis sp. strain ATCC 39116

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Meyer, Florian ^a   Pupkes, Hilke ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Amycolatopsis; Gene deletion; Genetic modification; Guaiacol; Metabolic engineering; Vanillic acid; Vanillin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; CARBOXYLATION; CLONING; CODES (SYMBOLS); METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ACTINOMYCETES; AMYCOLATOPSIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; GUAIACOL; VANILLIC ACIDS; VANILLIN;

GENES;

BACTERIUM; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); AMYCOLATOPSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS SP.; POSIBACTERIA; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA ERYTHRAEA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; VANILLYL ALCOHOL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES;

EID: 85010220745     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02660-16     Document Type: Article

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