Comparative genomics and experimental evolution of Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) strains reveal the landscape of toxicity escape from membrane protein overproduction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kwon, Soon Kyeong ^a,c   Kim, Seong Keun ^b,c   Lee, Dae Hee ^b,c   Kim, Jihyun F ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LAC REPRESSOR; LACI PROTEIN, E COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION;

CELL MEMBRANE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; LAC OPERON; LAC REPRESSORS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 85016140708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/SREP16076     Document Type: Article

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