The presence of a common downstream box enables the simultaneous expression of multiple proteins in an E. coli extract

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 350, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 562-567

  Keum, Jung Won ^a   Ahn, Jin Ho ^a   Choi, Cha Yong ^a   Lee, Kyung Ho ^b   Kwon, Yong Chan ^b   Kim, Dong Myung ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell free protein synthesis; Co expression; Downstream box; S30 extract

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

CELL EXTRACTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33749600895     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.09.072     Document Type: Article

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