Construction of a novel, stable, food-grade expression system by engineering the endogenous toxin-antitoxin system in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 219, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-47

  Yang, Sen ^a   Kang, Zhen ^a   Cao, Wenlong ^a   Du, Guocheng ^a   Chen, Jian ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; EndoA; EndoB; Food grade expression system; Toxin antitoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLITES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENDOA; ENDOB; FOOD-GRADE EXPRESSION SYSTEMS; TOXIN-ANTITOXIN;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDORIBONUCLEASE A; ENDORIBONUCLEASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SOURCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOOD GRADE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; YDCD GENE; YDCE GENE; FOOD HANDLING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANTITOXINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; XYLOSE;

EID: 84955108367     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2015.12.029     Document Type: Article

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