In vivo drafting of single-chain antibodies for regulatory duty on the σ54-promoter Pu of the TOL plasmid

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1218-1227

  Jurado, Paola ^a   Fernández, Luis Angel ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33745233250     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05183.x     Document Type: Article

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