Viral promoters can initiate expression of toxin genes introduced into Escherichia coli

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lewin, Astrid ^a   Mayer, Martin ^b   Chusainow, Janet ^c   Jacob, Daniela ^a   Appel, Bernd ^d  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^d Bundesintitut für Risikobewertung ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

GENE EXPRESSION; TOXIN GENES; VIRAL PROMOTERS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; POLYHEDRIN; THYMIDINE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN; DNA; HEMOLYSIN; LUCIFERASE; POLYHEDRIN PROTEIN, NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; TOXIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VLLY PROTEIN, VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SAFETY; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOTOXINS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; THYMIDINE KINASE; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 26844577254     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-5-19     Document Type: Article

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