de Vos WM, Kleerebezem M, Kuipers OP. Expression systems for industrial Gram-positive bacteria with low guanine and cytosine content.
Curr Opin Biotechnol 1997;
8:547-53. [PMID:
9353236 DOI:
10.1016/s0958-1669(97)80027-4]
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Abstract
Recent years have seen an increase in the development of gene expression systems for industrial Gram-positive bacteria with low guanine and cytosine content that belong to the genera Bacillus, Clostridium, Lactococcus, Lactobacillus, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus. In particular, considerable advances have been made in the construction of inducible gene expression systems based on the capacity of these bacteria to utilize specific sugars or to secrete autoinducing peptides that are involved in quorum sensing. These controlled expression systems allow for present and future exploitation of these bacteria as cell factories in medical, agricultural, and food biotechnology.
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