A set of synthetic versatile genetic control elements for the efficient expression of genes in Actinobacteria

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Horbal, Lilya ^a   Siegl, Theresa ^a   Luzhetskyy, Andriy ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STREPTOMYCES; ACTINOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCURONIDASE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 85040448917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18846-1     Document Type: Article

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