Heterologous gene expression in an Escherichia coli population under starvation stress conditions

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-368

  Fani, Renato ^a   Gallo, Romina ^a   Fancelli, Silvia ^a   Mori, Elena ^a   Tamburini, Elena ^a   Lazcano, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutations; Heterologous gene transfer; Metabolic evolution; Promoter creating mutations; Starvation conditions

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REVERTANT; STARVATION; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AZOSPIRILLUM; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HISTIDINE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031694903     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013149     Document Type: Article

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