Design of new promoters and of a dual-bioreporter based on cross-activition by the two regulatory proteins XylR and HbpR

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1186-1196

  Tropel, David ^a   Bähler, Alexandpra ^a,b   Globig, Kathrin ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; 2-PHENYLPHENOL; 3 XYLENE; 3-XYLENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HBPR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AZELAICA; LUCIFERASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; XYLENE; XYLR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AZELAICA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 6944237342     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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