The Pseudozyma flocculosa actin promoter allows the strong expression of a recombinant protein in the Pseudozyma species

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1300-1307

  Neveu, Bertrand ^a   Michaud, Mélanie ^a   Belzile, François ^a   Bélanger, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin; Basidiomycetes; Green fluorescent protein; Promoter; Pseudozyma; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CLONING; LIPIDS; PROTEINS; YEAST;

ACTIN; BASIDIOMYCETES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PSEUDOZYMA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOZYMA ANTARCTICA; PSEUDOZYMA FLOCCULOSA; TATA BOX; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

ACTINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; USTILAGINALES;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PSEUDOZYMA; PSEUDOZYMA ANTARCTICA; PSEUDOZYMA FLOCCULOSA; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 34247645070     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0786-7     Document Type: Article

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