Review: Optimizing inducer and culture conditions for expression of foreign proteins under the control of the lac promoter

Journal of Industrial Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-154

  Donovan, R S ^a   Robinson, C W ^a   Click, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fermentation strategies; IPTG; Lac promoter; Lactose; Protein overexpression; Recombinant DNA; Tac promoter

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029892121     PISSN: 01694146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01569997     Document Type: Review

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