Enhancing the copy number of episomal plasmids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for improved protein production

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 598-607

  Chen, Yun ^a   Partow, Siavash ^a   Scalcinati, Gionata ^a   Siewers, Verena ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Copy number; Episomal plasmid; Promoter; Protein expression; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Ubiquitin tag

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL VECTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PLASMID VECTOR; UBIQUITIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPISOME; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84863610089     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2012.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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