Plasmids for nicotine-dependent and -independent gene expression in Arthrobacter nicotinovorans and other Arthrobacter species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8920-8924

  Sandu, Cristinel ^a,b   Chiribau, Calin Bogdan ^a   Sachelaru, Paula ^a   Brandsch, Roderich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENZYMES; PURIFICATION;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

GENES;

6 DEXTRO HYDROXYNICOTINE OXIDASE; NICOTINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE EXPRESSION;

6 DEXTRO HYDROXYNICOTINE OXIDASE GENE; ARTHROBACTER NICOTIANAE; ARTHROBACTER NICOTINOVORANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPRESSOR GENE;

ARTHROBACTER; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICOTINE; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER NICOTIANAE; ARTHROBACTER NICOTINOVORANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 29144473784     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8920-8924.2005     Document Type: Article

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