Rare codon clusters at 5′-end influence heterologous expression of archaeal gene in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-57

  Kim, Seonghun ^a   Lee, Sun Bok ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Archaeal gene expression; Escherichia coli; Rare codon cluster; Sulfolobus solfataricus; Thermoplasma acidophilum

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE DEHYDRATASE; HYDROLYASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOPLASMA; TIME;

CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HYDRO-LYASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOPLASMA; TIME FACTORS;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

EID: 33750432194     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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