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ArticleBioengineered

Combinatorial engineering for heterologous gene expression.

Friederike Zwick, Rahmi Lale, Svein Valla

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Friederike ZwickDepartment of Biotechnology; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Trondheim, Norway.
Rahmi LaleDepartment of Biotechnology; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Trondheim, Norway.
Svein VallaDepartment of Biotechnology; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Trondheim, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tools for strain engineering with predictable outcome are of crucial importance for the nascent field of synthetic biology. The success of combining different DNA biological parts is often restricted by poorly understood factors deriving from the complexity of the systems. We have previously identified variants for different regulatory elements of the expression cassette XylS/Pm. When such elements are combined they act in a manner consistent with their individual behavior, as long as they affect different functions, such as transcription and translation. Interestingly, sequence context does not seem to influence the final outcome significantly. Expression of reporter gene bla could be increased up to 75 times at the protein level by combining three variants in one cassette. For other tested reporter genes similar results were obtained, except that the stimulatory effect was quantitatively less. Combination of individually characterized DNA parts thus stands as suitable method to achieve a desired phenotype.

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Gene Expressionbeta-LactamasesBioengineeringDNAGenes, ReporterPromoter Regions, GeneticRecombinant ProteinsSynthetic Biologybeta-LactamasesDNARecombinant Proteinscombinatorial engineeringEscherichia coliheterologous gene expressionmetabolic engineeringrecombinant protein productionsynthetic biologyXylS/Pm

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PMID23644416
PMCPMC3937205

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