mRNA stability and plasmid copy number effects on gene expression from an inducible promoter system

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 666-672

  Carrier, Trent ^a   Jones, Kristala L ^a   Keasling, J D ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; MRNA stability; Plasmid copy number

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH KINETICS; RNA;

PLASMIDS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARABINOSE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPORTER GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARABINOSE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032552495     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980920)59:6<666::AID-BIT2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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