Engineering of FRT-lacZ fusion constructs: Induction of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa fadAB1 operon by medium and long chain-length fatty acids

Plasmid

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-118

  Son, Mike S ^a   Nguyen, David T ^a   Kang, Yun ^a   Hoang, Tung T ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid degradation; FRT lacZ fusion; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FLP RECOMBINATION TARGET SEQUENCE PROTEIN; FRT LACZ PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPORTER GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 39549121061     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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