Selection and characterization of a promoter for expression of single-copy recombinant genes in Gram-positive bacteria

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Provvedi, Roberta ^a,b   Maggi, Tiziana ^a,c   Oggioni, Marco R ^a   Manganelli, Riccardo ^a,b   Pozzi, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; RNA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GENE ENCODING; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HETEROLOGOUS GENES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

GENES;

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA FRAGMENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMID VECTOR; RECOMBINANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BASE PAIRING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FELIS CATUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TRANSPOSONS; VECTORS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 13244268315     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-5-3     Document Type: Article

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