Bacterial FadR and synthetic promoters function as modular fatty acid sensor- regulators in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 456-463

  Teo, Wei Suong ^a   Hee, Kai Sheng ^a   Chang, Matthew Wook ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

FadR; Fatty acids; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic biology; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR METABOLISM; FADR; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVES; PROMOTER STRENGTH; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; PROTEIN PRODUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSORS;

BIOSENSORS; CELL ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; SENSORS;

YEAST;

FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; LIGAND;

BIOFUEL; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; LIGAND; MICROORGANISM; PROTEIN; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSENSOR; CARBON SOURCE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84884151437     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201200113     Document Type: Article

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