Self-inducible Bacillus subtilis expression system for reliable and inexpensive protein production by high-cell-density fermentation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6419-6425

  Wenzel, Marian ^a   Müller, Alexander ^a   Siemann Herzberg, Martin ^a   Altenbuchner, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBON CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL DRY WEIGHT; COST EFFICIENCY; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; FED BATCHES; FED-BATCH PROCESS; HETEROLOGOUS PROTEIN PRODUCTION; HIGH CELL DENSITY; PRODUCT YIELDS; PRODUCTION COST; PROTEIN PRODUCTION; STANDARD SYSTEM; SUBTILIS; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS; TRANSITION PHASE;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE;

PROTEINS;

GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; HETEROGENEITY; PROTEIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 80052802790     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05219-11     Document Type: Article

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