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Transposon Insertion Mutagenesis for Archaeal Gene Discovery




AuthorsKiljunen Saija, Pajunen Maria, Savilahti Harri

EditorsReeves Andrew

Publication year2017

Book title In Vitro Mutagenesis - Methods and Protocols

Series titleMethods in Molecular Biology

Number in series1498

Volume1498

First page 309

Last page320

Number of pages12

ISBN978-1-4939-6470-3

eISBN978-1-4939-6472-7

ISSN1064-3745

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6472-7_20


Abstract

Archaea constitute the third domain of life, but studies on their physiology and other features have lagged behind bacteria and eukarya, largely due to the challenging biology of archaea and concomitant difficulties in methods development. The use of genome-wide en masse insertion mutagenesis is one of the most efficient means to discover the genes behind various biological functions, and such a methodology is described in this chapter for a model archaeon Haloferax volcanii. The strategy successfully employs efficient in vitro transposition in combination with gene targeting in vivo via homologous recombination. The methodology is general and should be transferable to other archaeal species.


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