The LIKE system, a novel protein expression toolbox for Bacillus subtilis based on the liaI promoter

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Toymentseva, Anna A ^a,b   Schrecke, Karen ^a   Sharipova, Margarita R ^b   Mascher, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antibiotic inducible promoter; Bacillus subtilis; Bacitracin; Cell envelope stress response; LiaIH operon; Protein expression; Two component system

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL VECTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; LIARS CONTROLLED GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84867894567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-143     Document Type: Article

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