Toxic protein expression in Escherichia coli using a rhamnose-based tightly regulated and tunable promoter system

BioTechniques

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 355-364

  Giacalone, Matthew J ^a   Gentile, Angela M ^b   Lovitt, Brian T ^b   Berkley, Neil L ^b   Gunderson, Carl W ^a   Surber, Mark W ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mpex Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENES; GLUCOSE; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

PROKARYOTIC EXPRESSION SYSTEMS; RHAMNOSE; TOXIC PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUNABLE PROMOTER SYSTEMS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GLUCOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RHAMNOSE;

ARTICLE; CLONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHAMNOSE;

EID: 33646002978     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112112     Document Type: Article

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