Using Synthetic Biology to Distinguish and Overcome Regulatory and Functional Barriers Related to Nitrogen Fixation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Xia ^a   Yang, Jian Guo ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Wang, Ji Long ^a   Cheng, Qi ^b   Dixon, Ray ^c   Wang, Yi Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; NITROGENASE; RNA POLYMERASE; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NIF GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAC REPRESSORS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84880795286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068677     Document Type: Article

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