Development of a LAC4 promoter-based gratuitous induction system in Kluyveromyces lactis

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 408-416

  Hsieh, Huangpin Ben ^a,b   Da Silva, Nancy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gal1 209 mutation; Gratuitous induction; Kluyveromyces lactis; LAC4 promoter

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIVISION; FERMENTATION; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; KLUYVEROMYCES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

ENZYME INHIBITION; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; SUGARS; YEAST;

GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSIDASE; GENE ENCODING; GRATUITOUS INDUCTION SYSTEM;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034688446     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(20000220)67:4<408::AID-BIT4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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