Development of an efficient expression system for Flavobacterium strains

Gene

Volumn 458, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Chen, Shicheng ^a   Kaufman, Michael G ^b   Bagdasarian, Michael ^a   Bates, Adam K ^a   Walker, Edward D ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression system; Flavobacterium; Larvicidal protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN P42; PROTEIN P51; PROTEIN POMPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHLEROTATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTEROIDETES; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM HIBERNUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS;

EID: 77952582557     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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