A constitutive expression system for high-throughput screening

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-19

  Aerts, Dirk ^a   Verhaeghe, Tom ^a   De Mey, Marjan ^a   Desmet, Tom ^a   Soetaert, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Constitutive expression; Directed evolution; High throughput screening; Promoter; Sucrose phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSION; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PROMOTER; SUCROSE PHOSPHORYLASE;

CATALYSTS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; PHOSPHORYLATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

THROUGHPUT;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHORYLASE; SUCROSE PHOSPHORYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMID; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; TEMPERATURE; VALIDITY;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES;

EID: 78349282892     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201000065     Document Type: Article

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