A short story about a big magic bug

Bioengineered Bugs

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Bunk, Boyke ^a   Schulz, Arne ^b   Stammen, Simon ^a   Münch, Richard ^a   Warren, Martin J ^c   Rohde, Manfred ^d   Jahn, Dieter ^a   Biedendieck, Rebekka ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Mobitec GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Microbial Pathogenesis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium; Protein secretion; Recombinant protein production; Vector system; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; PROTEOME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; METABOLOME; OPERON; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77957587085     PISSN: 19491018     EISSN: 19491026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/bbug.1.2.11101     Document Type: Article

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