A Genetically Encoded Biosensor for Monitoring Isoprene Production in Engineered Escherichia coli

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 2379-2390

  Kim, Seong Keun ^a   Kim, Seo Hyun ^a,c   Subhadra, Bindu ^a,d   Woo, Seung Gyun ^a   Rha, Eugene ^a   Kim, Seon Won ^b   Kim, Haseong ^a   Lee, Dae Hee ^a   Lee, Seung Goo ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c Quality Control Team   (South Korea)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biosensor; Escherichia coli; isoprene; T7 RNA polymerase mediated transcriptional cascade; TbuT; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEMITERPENE; ISOPRENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRAL PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; PROMOTER REGION; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BUTADIENES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEMITERPENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 85054849150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00164     Document Type: Article

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