METHANOL AS A CONVENIENT INDUCER OF HEAT-SHOCK ELEMENT-DIRECTED HETEROLOGOUS GENE-EXPRESSION IN YEAST

被引:3
作者
KIRK, N
PIPER, PW
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL,DEPT BIOCHEM & MOLEC BIOL,LONDON WC1E 6BT,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL,DEPT CHEM & BIOCHEM ENGN,LONDON WC1E 6BT,ENGLAND
关键词
SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE; ALKANOLS; ETHANOL;
D O I
10.1007/BF01049201
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The addition of sublethal concentrations of methanol to yeast cultures was found to give strong induction of a lacZ gene under heat shock element (HSE) control. Methanol addition is therefore an easily-executed alternative to temperature upshift for the induction of HSE-directed gene expression, although in this study it gave slightly lower levels of induction compared to heat shock.
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