The Expression of proUK in Escherichia coli: The vgb Promoter Replaces IPTG and Coexpression of argU Compensates for Rare Codons in a Hypoxic Induction Model

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2097-2101

  Jiang, Lan ^a,b,c   Yang, Yonghua ^a   Chatterjee, Shampa ^b   Seidel, Bertolt ^b   Wolf, Gerald ^b   Yang, Shengli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic induction; Argu coexpression; Pro urokinase expression; Vgb promoter

Indexed keywords

ARGININE TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; HEMOPROTEIN; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SARUPLASE; UROKINASE; VGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION;

ANOXIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CODON; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME PRECURSORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEMEPROTEINS; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER, ARG; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0033252946     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.2097     Document Type: Article

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