Development of a sensitive gene expression reporter system and an inducible promoter-repressor system for Clostridium acetobutylicum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4985-4988

  Girbal, Laurence ^a   Mortier Barrière, Isabelle ^b   Raynaud, Frédéric ^a   Rouanet, Céline ^a   Croux, Christian ^a   Soucaille, Philippe ^a  

^a UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^b INSA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; XYLOSE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACID; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; SOLVENT; XYLOSE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; DISCONTINUOUS CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE INDUCTION; GUSA GENE; INDUCIBLE PROMOTER REPRESSOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; XYLOSE OPERON;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; HYDROGENASE; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM ATCC 824; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 0041527233     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4985-4988.2003     Document Type: Article

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