Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number
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...were also tested in different plasmid backbones that varied in size or carried different genes. In these ...expression can make data hard to interpret or can interfere with the precision needed in metabolic engineering...ranging from 3-100 per cell, a stabilized promoter buffered against the effects of copy number on reporter...number. Moreover, gene copy number is affected differently by growth rates when a gene is expressed from...Segall-Shapiro et al. showed nearly no position-dependent differences in gene expression.
On the other hand, slow growth...promoters can eliminate variability between the different components. When your pathway needs precise fine-tuning...levels, give these stabilized promoters a try.
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1. Segall-Shapiro, Thomas H., Eduardo D. Sontag...