New CRISPR-Cas9 vectors for genetic modifications of Bacillus species

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Toymentseva, Anna A ^a   Altenbuchner, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; CRISPR Cas9; mating conjugation; NHEJ; plasmids; transformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISPR-CAS9 SYSTEM; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA MODIFICATION; EMPLOYMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EDITING; HOST RANGE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; BACILLUS; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE EDITING; GENETIC VECTORS;

EID: 85060003685     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny284     Document Type: Article

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