Down-regulation of acetate pathway through antisense strategy in Escherichia coli: Improved foreign protein production

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 841-853

  Kim, Jaoon Y H ^a   Cha, Hyung Joon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetate; Antisense down regulation; Escherichia coli; Foreign protein production; Green fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; RNA;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS (GFP);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETATES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0042431780     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10735     Document Type: Article

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