Expanding the boolean logic of the prokaryotic transcription factor xylr by functionalization of permissive sites with a protease-target sequence

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 594-603

  Calles, Belen ^a   Lorenzo, Víctor De ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

biodegradation; environmental biotechnology; genetic circuits; logic gates; Sigma 54; transcriptional factors; XylR

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR XYLR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; TRANSPOSON; XYLR PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XYLR GENE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

NIA; PROKARYOTA;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84886567920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400050k     Document Type: Article

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