Engineering tunable biosensors for monitoring putrescine in Escherichia coli

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1014-1027

  Chen, Xue Feng ^a   Xia, Xiao Xia ^a   Lee, Sang Yup ^b   Qian, Zhi Gang ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biosensor; Escherichia coli; putrescine; PuuR; response dynamics; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; MOLECULES; MONITORING; PROTEINS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PUTRESCINE; PUUR; REAL TIME MONITORING; REPORTER PROTEIN; SENSING COMPONENTS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOSENSORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PUTRESCINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T7; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC BACKGROUND; GENETIC MANIPULATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PUUR PROTEIN; REPORTER GENE; WILD TYPE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC MICROORGANISM;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROORGANISMS, GENETICALLY-MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PUTRESCINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85042563843     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.26521     Document Type: Article

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