Probing the limits of expression levels by varying promoter strength and plasmid copy number in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 253-260

  Nacken, Valérie ^a   Achstetter, Tilman ^a   Degryse, Eric ^a  

^a TRANSGENE S A   (France)

Author keywords

Constitutive promoter; Flux; Regulated promoter; Reporter gene; Strong promoter; Weak promoter; Yeast; glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030579206     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00171-0     Document Type: Article

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