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Stringent control of FLP recombinase in Escherichia coli
Steven D Bowden1, Nagendra P Palani2, Igor G L Libourel3
1Biotechnology institute, 1500 Gortner Avenue, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, United States.
Journal of Microbiological Methods
|December 28, 2016
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Site specific recombinases are invaluable tools in molecular biology, and are emerging as powerful recorders of cellular events in synthetic biology. We have developed a stringently controlled FLP recombinase system in Escherichia coli using an arabinose inducible promoter combined with a weak ribosome binding site.
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