Engineering the esaR promoter for tunable quorum sensing-dependent gene expression

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 568-575

  Shong, Jasmine ^a   Collins, Cynthia H ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

acyl homoserine lactone; cell cell communication; gene expression; promoter engineering; quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

3 OXOHEXANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; HOMOSERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESAR PROTEIN, PANTOEA STEWARTII; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESAR GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING; GENETICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84886485785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb4000433     Document Type: Article

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