Comparison of different Bacillus subtilis expression systems

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 791-797

  Vavrová, Ľudmila ^a   Muchová, Katarína ^a   Barák, Imrich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Expression systems; SpoIISA; SpoIISB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOPROPYL DEXTRO THIOGALACTOPYRANOSIDE INDUCIBLE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTILIN REGULATED GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING; XYLOSE INDUCIBLE SYSTEM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649866559     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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