An upstream activation sequence controls the expression of AOX1 gene in Pichia pastoris

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1271-1282

  Xuan, Yaoji ^a   Zhou, Xiangshan ^a   Zhang, Wenwen ^a   Zhang, Xiao ^a   Song, Zhiwei ^b   Zhang, Yuanxing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

AOX1 promoter; Pichia pastoris; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE II; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN AOX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PICHIA; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE DELETION;

PICHIA PASTORIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 70350524699     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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