An encoded N-terminal extension results in low levels of heterologous protein production in Escherichia coli

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Orchard, Samantha S ^b   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLOXURIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE INDUCTION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 26844513690     PISSN: 14752859     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-4-22     Document Type: Article

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