Improvement of a nisin-inducible expression vector for use in lactic acid bacteria

Plasmid

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-283

  Kim, Jae Han ^a   Mills, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression; High copy number; Nisin inducible; pAM 1; pMSP3535; Shuttle vector

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTIMIN; NISIN; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPLICON; SHUTTLE VECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NISIN; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35349029332     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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