Optimization of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression from a lactose-inducible promoter in Lactobacillus casei

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-127

  Pérez Arellano, Isabel ^a   Pérez Martínez, Gaspar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Expression vector; Green fluorescent protein; Lactobacillus casei; Lactose promoter

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LACTOSE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC CODE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

EID: 0038325640     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00244-1     Document Type: Article

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