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ArticleNucleic acids research2007

A comprehensive set of plasmids for vanillate- and xylose-inducible gene expression in Caulobacter crescentus.

Martin Thanbichler, Antonio A Iniesta, Lucy Shapiro

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 243 papers.

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243citing papers in PubMed
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243 citing papers in PubMed, 413 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Martin ThanbichlerMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany. thanbichler@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
Antonio A Iniesta
Lucy Shapiro
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology · DEStanford University · US

Funding

REGULATION OF DIFFERENTIATION IN CAULOBACTERR01GM032506 · NIGMS · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI SHAPIRO, LUCILLE · 1985 to 2014
$7.1M
DEVELOPMENT CONTROL OF DNA REPLICATION IN CAULOBACTERR01GM051426 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SHAPIRO, LUCILLE · 1994 to 2013
$3.8M
REGULATION OF DIFFERENTIATION IN CAULOBACTERR37GM032506 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SHAPIRO, LUCILLE · 1993 to 2002
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM51426NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM032506NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051426NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM032506
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caulobacter crescentus is widely used as a powerful model system for the study of prokaryotic cell biology and development. Analysis of this organism is complicated by a limited selection of tools for genetic manipulation and inducible gene expression. This study reports the identification and functional characterization of a vanillate-regulated promoter (P(van)) which meets all requirements for application as a multi-purpose expression system in Caulobacter, thus complementing the established xylose-inducible system (P(xyl)). Furthermore, we introduce a newly constructed set of integrating and replicating shuttle vectors that considerably facilitate cell biological and physiological studies in Caulobacter. Based on different narrow and broad-host range replicons, they offer a wide choice of promoters, resistance genes, and fusion partners for the construction of fluorescently or affinity-tagged proteins. Since many of these constructs are also suitable for use in other bacteria, this work provides a comprehensive collection of tools that will enrich many areas of microbiological research.

Indexed as

Genetic VectorsPlasmidsBase SequenceCaulobacter crescentusCloning, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataPromoter Regions, GeneticVanillic AcidXyloseVanillic AcidXylose

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PMID17959646
PMCPMC2175322
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