Functional characterization of the mannitol promoter of Pseudomonas fluorescens DSM 50106 and its application for a mannitol-inducible expression system for Pseudomonas putida KT2440

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Hoffmann, Jana ^a   Altenbuchner, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; RNA POLYMERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; EGFP GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; MANNITOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84941975744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133248     Document Type: Article

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