Engineered Regulatory Systems Modulate Gene Expression of Human Commensals in the Gut

Cell

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 547-558.e15

  Lim, Bentley ^a   Zimmermann, Michael ^a   Barry, Natasha A ^a   Goodman, Andrew L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anhydrotetracycline; Bacteroides; gene regulation; gut; inducible promoter; microbiome; sialic acid; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE FLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ANIMAL; BACTEROIDES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MICE; NEURAMINIDASE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 85018499853     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.03.045     Document Type: Article

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