Development and characterization of a xylose-dependent system for expression of cloned genes in Bacillus subtilis: Conditional complementation of a teichoic acid mutant

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 403-410

  Bhavsar, A P ^a   Zhao, X ^a   Brown, E D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPROPYL BETA THIOGALACTOSIDE; PYRANOSIDE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE; XYLOSE ISOMERASE; XYLOSE RESPONSIVE REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; OPERON; PLASMIDS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; XYLOSE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035163555     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.1.403-410.2001     Document Type: Article

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