SoxR as a single-cell biosensor for NADPH-consuming enzymes in Escherichia coli

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-47

  Siedler, Solvej ^a,b   Schendzielorz, Georg ^a   Binder, Stephan ^a   Eggeling, Lothar ^a   Bringer, Stephanie ^a   Bott, Michael ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenases; Enzyme evolution; FACS; NADPH biosensor; Single cell analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; METHYL ACETOACETATE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SOXR PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSENSOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOP CODON; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ACETOACETATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84897518404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400110j     Document Type: Article

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