Gene expression platform for synthetic biology in the human pathogen streptococcus pneumoniae

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 228-239

  Sorg, Robin A ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a   Veening, Jan Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BglFusion; BioBrick; GFP; Golden Gate Shuffling; luciferase; mKate2

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84925653500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb500229s     Document Type: Article

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