Sequence analysis and potentials of the native RbcS promoter in the development of an alternative eukaryotic expression system using green microalga ankistrodesmus convolutus

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2676-2691

  Thanh, Tran ^a,b   Chi, Vu Thi Quynh ^a,b   Omar, Hishamuddin ^a   Abdullah, Mohd Puad ^a   Napis, Suhaimi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Rubber Research Institute of Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Ankistrodesmus convolutes; Gene expression; GusA; Promoter; RbcS; Transcription start site

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; G BOX BINDING FACTOR; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ANKISTRODESMUS CONVOLUTUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GUSA GENE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RBCS GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE;

ANKISTRODESMUS; ANKISTRODESMUS CONVOLUTUS; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT; MICROALGAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84858980580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13032676     Document Type: Article

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