Engineering multigene expression in vitro and in vivo with small terminators for T7 RNA polymerase

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1189-1196

  Du, Liping ^a   Gao, Rong ^a   Forster, Anthony C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Synthetic biology; T7 RNA polymerase; Transcription terminator; Translation

Indexed keywords

CLASS I; CLASS II; CO-ORDINATED CONTROL; GENE CONSTRUCTS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; LARGE SIZES; MULTIPLE GENES; OVER-EXPRESSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; RATIONAL METHODS; RNA POLYMERASE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; T7 RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION FACTORS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGY; CLONING; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; RNA;

TRANSCRIPTION;

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA TRANSLATION; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 70350491151     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22491     Document Type: Article

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