Screening of an Escherichia coli promoter library for a phenylalanine biosensor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 6739-6753

  Mahr, Regina ^a   von Boeselager, Raphael Freiherr ^a   Wiechert, Johanna ^a   Frunzke, Julia ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatic amino acids; Biosensor; GFP library; Phenylalanine; Population heterogeneity; Random mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PHENYLALANINE; POPULATION HETEROGENEITY; RANDOM MUTAGENESIS;

BIOSENSORS;

BACTERIAL DNA; GALACTOSE; PHENYLALANINE; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MTR PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID; BIOENGINEERING; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DESIGN METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; MUTATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FUSION GENE; GENE FUSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SELECTION; GFPMUT2 GENE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MTR GENE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALACTOSE; GENE LIBRARY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; PHENYLALANINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84966701571     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7575-8     Document Type: Article

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