Codon optimization of bacterial luciferase (lux) for expression in mammalian cells

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 115-123

  Patterson, Stacey S ^a   Dionisi, Hebe M ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Sayler, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Bioreporter protein; Eukaryotic expression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUX A GENE; LUX B GENE; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL LINE; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LUCIFERASES; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 17644386879     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-005-0211-8     Document Type: Article

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