Revolutionizing membrane protein overexpression in bacteria

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-411

  Schlegel, Susan ^a   Klepsch, Mirjam ^a   Gialama, Dimitra ^a   Wickström, David ^a   Slotboom, Dirk Jan ^b   De Gier, Jan Willem ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HOST SELECTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77954164253     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00148.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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