These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed


  • Title: Enhanced expression of heterologous proteins by the use of a superinducible vector in budding yeast.
    Author: Porro D, Lotti M, Martegani E, Ranzi BM, Alberghina L.
    Journal: Appl Microbiol Biotechnol; 1992 Feb; 36(5):655-8. PubMed ID: 1368069.
    Abstract:
    We report the effects of a strong overexpression of the GAL4 activator protein on the expression of UASGAL regulated genes, obtained by cloning the GAL4 gene and the GAL1-10 upstream activating sequence (UASGAL)-lacZ fusion in the same high copy number plasmid. Comparable amounts of active enzyme were obtained by host strains usually producing different levels of cloned proteins due to their different genetic background. The transformed cells constitutively produced low levels of beta-galactosidase (1-2% of total proteins) both in glucose and in raffinose minimal media. Nevertheless, expression was still inducible and a tenfold induction could be rapidly obtained by the addition of 0.5% (w/v) galactose to the culture, even when glucose was still present in the medium.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]