Vectors allowing amplified expression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gal3p-Gal80p-Gal4p transcription switch: Applications to galactose-regulated high-level production of proteins

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 202-212

  Sil, Alok Kumar ^a   Xin, Ping ^a   Hopper, James E ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE INSERTION; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION SWITCH PROTEIN;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034101052     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1177     Document Type: Article

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