Synthetic auxotrophs for stable and tunable maintenance of plasmid copy number

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2018, Pages 121-128

  Kang, Chae Won ^a   Lim, Hyun Gyu ^a   Yang, Jina ^b   Noh, Myung Hyun ^a   Seo, Sang Woo ^b   Jung, Gyoo Yeol ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotic free; Expression control; Plasmid copy number; Plasmid stability; Stable expression; Synthetic auxotrophy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AUXOTROPHY; COPY NUMBER; EXPRESSION CONTROLS; PLASMID STABILITY; STABLE EXPRESSION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

INITIATION FACTOR; ITACONIC ACID; LYCOPENE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; INFA GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STABLE EXPRESSION;

EID: 85048207943     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.05.020     Document Type: Article

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