Heterologous expression in the Archaea: Transcription from Pyrococcus furiosus gdh and mlrA promoters in Haloferax volcanii

Extremophiles

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Schreier, Harold J ^a,b   Robinson Bidle, Kelly A ^a,b,c   Romashko, Alla M ^a   Patel, Gira V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Halophile; Hyperthermophile; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PROMOTER REGION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HYDRO-LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0032975562     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050094     Document Type: Article

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