Polar fixation of plasmids during recombinant protein production in Bacillus megaterium results in population heterogeneity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5976-5986

  Münch, Karin M ^a   Müller, Johannes ^b,c   Wienecke, Sarah ^a   Bergmann, Simone ^a   Heyber, Steffi ^a   Biedendieck, Rebekka ^a   Münch, Richard ^a   Jahn, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH PHASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POPULATION HETEROGENEITY; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTIONS; TIME-LAPSE MICROSCOPY;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HETEROGENEITY; PLASMID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; SUBPOPULATION;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CELL POLARITY; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84938817051     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00807-15     Document Type: Article

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