Multi-faceted characterization of a novel luxr-repressible promoter library for Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Zucca, Susanna ^a   Pasotti, Lorenzo ^a   Politi, Nicolo ^a   Casanova, Michela ^a   Mazzini, Giuliano ^a   Cusella De Angelis, Maria Gabriella ^a   Magni, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N (3 OXODODECANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLONE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84938951356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126264     Document Type: Article

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