A Novel Robust Heat-inducible Promoter for Heterologous Gene Expression in Tetrahymena thermophila

Protist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-295

  Yu, Ting ^a,b   Barchetta, Sabrina ^a   Pucciarelli, Sandra ^a   La Terza, Antonietta ^a   Miceli, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic Hsp70; Heterologous expression; Inducible promoter; Tetrahymena thermophila.

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOPLASM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; TEMPERATURE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 84856230900     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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