Expression of ornithine decarboxylase of Coccidioides immitis in three Escherichia coli strains carrying the lambda DE3 lysogen and an E. coli EWH319 strain odc- null mutant

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-78

  Pantoja Hernández, Miguel Angel ^a   Muñoz Sánchez, Claudia Ivonne ^a   Guevara González, Ramón Gerardo ^a   Botello Alvarez, Enrique ^a   González Chavira, Mario Martín ^b   Torres Pacheco, Irineo ^b   Guevara Olvera, Lorenzo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coccidioides immitis; Escherichia coli; Gene function; Lambda DE3 lysogen; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; COCCIDIOIDES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COCCIDIOIDES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0842288715     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000009465.08712.a6     Document Type: Article

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