The application of Tet repressor in prokaryotic gene regulation and expression

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-16

  Bertram, Ralph ^a,b   Hillen, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOSENSOR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYBRID; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TETRACYCLINE;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 51249093061     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2007.00001.x     Document Type: Review

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