EFFICIENT GENE-TRANSFER IN SYNECHOCOCCUS SP STRAINS PCC-7942 AND PCC-6301 BY INTERSPECIES CONJUGATION AND CHROMOSOMAL RECOMBINATION

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作者
TSINOREMAS, NF [1 ]
KUTACH, AK [1 ]
STRAYER, CA [1 ]
GOLDEN, SS [1 ]
机构
[1] TEXAS A&M UNIV, DEPT BIOL, COLLEGE STN, TX 77843 USA
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10.1128/JB.176.21.6764-6768.1994
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We developed a versatile, efficient genetic transfer method for Synechococcus sp. strains PCC 7942 and PCC 6301 that exceeds natural transformation efficiencies by orders of magnitude. As a test case, we complemented a histidine auxotroph and identified a hisS homolog of PCC 7942 as the complementing gene.
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页码:6764 / 6768
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