Site-specific integration of heterologous genes in yeast via Ty3 retrotransposition

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 703-712

  Wang, Xiaohai ^a   Da Silva, Nancy A ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

cloned gene integration; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; stability; Ty3 retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; STABILITY;

CLONED GENE INTEGRATION; RETROTRANSPOSITION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

YEAST;

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; FUNGAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 9444293389     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960920)51:6<703::AID-BIT9>3.3.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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