Expression vectors for Methanococcus maripaludis: Overexpression of acetohydroxyacid synthase and β-galactosidase

Genetics

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1439-1447

  Gardner, Warren L ^a   Whitman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PLASMID VECTOR;

ARTICLE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE LIBRARY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENETIC VECTORS; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0344855596     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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