Investigation of the malE promoter and MalR, a positive regulator of the maltose regulon, for an improved expression system in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1072-1081

  Wagner, Michaela ^a,b   Wagner, Alexander ^a   Ma, Xiaoqing ^a   Kort, Julia Christin ^c   Ghosh, Abhrajyoti ^a   Rauch, Bernadette ^c   Siebers, Bettina ^c   Albers, Sonja Verena ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; DELETION MUTANTS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GROWTH MEDIUM; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEINS; METABOLIC CONVERSION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL;

ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALTOSE; PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; MOBILITY; MUTATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN;

MALTOSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALTOSE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84892988931     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03050-13     Document Type: Article

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