A novel T7 RNA polymerase dependent expression system for high-level protein production in the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-146

  Katzke, Nadine ^a   Arvani, Solmaz ^a   Bergmann, René ^a   Circolone, Franco ^a   Markert, Annette ^a   Svensson, Vera ^a   Jaeger, Karl Erich ^a   Heck, Achim ^a   Drepper, Thomas ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broad host range plasmid; Expression system; Heterologous expression; High level expression; Photosynthetic bacteria; Protein production; Rhodobacter; T7 RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PHOTOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 70449532036     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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