Techniques for chromosomal integration and expression optimization in Escherichia coli

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 2467-2478

  Ou, Bingming ^a,b   Garcia, Carolina ^b   Wang, Yejun ^c   Zhang, Weiping ^b   Zhu, Guoqiang ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Shenzhen University   (China)

Author keywords

chromosomal expression; chromosomal integration; Escherichia coli (E. coli); expression cassette design; optimization; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEINS;

CHROMOSOMAL EXPRESSION; CHROMOSOMAL INTEGRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); EXPRESSION CASSETTE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST CELL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROCEDURES;

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 85052507086     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.26790     Document Type: Review

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