An agmatine-inducible system for the expression of recombinant proteins in Enterococcus faecalis

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Linares, Daniel M ^a   Perez, Marta ^a   Ladero, Victor ^a   del Rio, Beatriz ^a   Redruello, Begoña ^a   Martin, M Cruz ^a   Fernandez, María ^a   Alvarez, Miguel A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Enterococcus; Expression vector; Overexpression

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; POLYHISTIDINE TAG; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

AGMATINE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84924067099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-014-0169-1     Document Type: Article

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