Development of a glycine-inducible expression system for Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 486-499

  Phan, Trang Thi Phuong ^a   Schumann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Expression secretion system; HtpG; Riboswitch

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; METABOLITES; RNA;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; EXPRESSION-SECRETION SYSTEM; RIBOSWITCH;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

AMYLASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REPORTER GENE; RIBOSWITCH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLYCINE; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 33846389252     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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