A tightly regulated inducible expression system utilizing the fim inversion recombination switch

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-4

  Ham, Timothy S ^a   Lee, Sung Kuk ^b   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c   Arkin, Adam P ^a,c  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

araBAD promoter; E. coli; Expression vector; Fim inversion; Genetic switch; GFP expression

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; INVERSE KINEMATICS; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS; VECTORS;

ARABAD PROMOTER; EXPRESSION VECTORS; FIM INVERSION; GENETIC SWITCHES; GFP EXPRESSION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FIME GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, SWITCH; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646565046     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20916     Document Type: Article

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