High-level expression of lacZ under control of the tac or trp promoter using runaway replication vectors in Escherichia coli

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-114

  Kidwell, John ^a   Kolibachuk, Dana ^a   Dennis, Douglas ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Escherichia coli; overexpression; runaway replication vectors; translational fusions

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; COLIFORM BACTERIA; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; GENES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RUNAWAY REPLICATION VECTORS; TRANSLATIONAL FUSIONS;

CLONING;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030570082     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960405)50:1<108::AID-BIT12>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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