Controlled expression of lysis genes encoded in T4 phage for the gentle disruption of Escherichia coli cells

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-78

  Tanji, Yasunori ^a   Asami, Kazuhiro ^a   Xing, Xin Hui ^a   Unno, Hajime ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disruption; Lysis; Lysozyme; T4 bacteriophage; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; CELL CULTURE; CLONING; ENZYMES; GENES;

BACTERIAL CELL DISRUPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LYSIS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPERNATANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; T4 PHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031907255     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)80357-1     Document Type: Article

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