The Bacillus stearothermophilus argCJBD operon harbours a strong promoter as evaluated in Escherichia coli cells

Gene

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-177

  Savchenko, Alexey ^a   Weigel, Pierre ^a   Dimova, Diliana ^a   Lecocq, Michèle ^a   Sakanyan, Vehary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Arginine biosynthesis; Heterologous expression; Overexpression; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARGININE; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032496622     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00174-7     Document Type: Article

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