Development of a novel uric-acid-responsive regulatory system in Escherichia coli

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2267-2275

  Liang, Chaoning ^a   Xiong, Dandan ^a,b   Zhang, Yi ^a,b   Mu, Shanshan ^a,b   Tang, Shuang Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic range; Escherichia coli; Induction fold; Regulatory protein; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC ACIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER; DYNAMIC RANGE; INDUCTION FOLD; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY ELEMENTS; REGULATORY PROTEIN; URIC ACIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENOMIC DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID; URIC ACID RESPONSIVE REGULATORY SYSTEM; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; DEINOCOCCUS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

DEINOCOCCUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URIC ACID;

EID: 84925507166     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6290-6     Document Type: Article

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