Molecular Toolkit for Gene Expression Control and Genome Modification in Rhodococcus opacus PD630

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 727-738

  DeLorenzo, Drew M ^a   Rottinghaus, Austin G ^a   Henson, William R ^a   Moon, Tae Seok ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

CRISPR interference; genome modification; neutral integration site; plasmid copy number; promoter library; Rhodococcus opacus

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; R FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE EDITING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOCOCCUS;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE EDITING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 85042223951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00416     Document Type: Article

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