Promoter library designed for fine-tuned gene expression in Pichia pastoris

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  HartnerF S , Franz S ^a,b   Ruth, Claudia ^a   Langenegger, David ^c   Johnson, Sabrina N ^d   Hyka, Petr ^c   Lin Cereghino, Geoffrey P ^d   Lin Cereghino, Joan ^d   Kovar, Karin ^c   Cregg, James M ^e   Glieder, Anton ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH CENTRE APPLIED BIOCATALYSIS   (Austria)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^e KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL OXIDASE; ALCOHOL OXIDASE 1; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; BINDING SITE; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA; REPORTER GENE;

PICHIA PASTORIS;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOREACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICHIA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 47249115376     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn369     Document Type: Article

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