Directed evolution of AraC for improved compatibility of arabinose- and lactose-inducible promoters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5711-5715

  Sung, Kuk Lee ^a   Chou, Howard H ^b   Pfleger, Brian F ^a,e   Newman, Jack D ^a,f   Yoshikuni, Yasuo ^b   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c,d  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Berkeley   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Amyris Biotechnologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; DIMERIZATION DOMAINS; LACTOSE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; DIMERIZATION; GENES; PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

ARABINOSE; ARAC PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; ISOPROPYL BETA DEXTRO 1 THIOGALACTOPYRANOSIDE; LACTOSE; PYRANOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISACCHARIDE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MONOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ARABINOSE; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; LACTOSE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 34648828365     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00791-07     Document Type: Article

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