TREX: A universal tool for the transfer and expression of biosynthetic pathways in bacteria

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-33

  Loeschcke, Anita ^a   Markert, Annette ^a   Wilhelm, Susanne ^a   Wirtz, Astrid ^a   Rosenau, Frank ^b   Jaeger, Karl Erich ^a   Drepper, Thomas ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional expression of clustered genes; Metabolic engineering; Secondary metabolites discovery; Synthetic biology; Transfer of biosynthetic pathways

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFER AND EXPRESSION OF BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY;

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PRODIGIOSIN; VIRAL PROTEINS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84875605441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb3000657     Document Type: Article

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