A novel reporter system for bacterial and mammalian cells based on the non-ribosomal peptide indigoidine

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-335

  Müller, Marius ^a   Ausländer, Simon ^a   Ausländer, David ^a   Kemmer, Christian ^a   Fussenegger, Martin ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blue pigment; BpsA; Indigoidine; Non ribosomal peptide synthase; NRPS; PPTase; Reporter gene; Svp; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BLUE PIGMENT; BPSA; INDIGOIDINE; NRPS; PPTASE; REPORTER GENE; SVP; SYNTHASES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE THERAPY; PEPTIDES; STEM CELLS;

BACTERIA;

3,3' BIPYRIDYL PIGMENT KETO INDIGOIDINE; 4' PHOSPHOPANTETHEINYL TRANSFERASE SVP; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; INDIGOIDINE; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE BPSA; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCES LAVENDULAE; STREPTOMYCES VERTICILLUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PIPERIDONES; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; STREPTOMYCES LAVENDULAE; STREPTOMYCES VERTICILLUS;

EID: 84862205891     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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