Inducible systems see the light

Trends Biotechnol. 2003 Feb;21(2):53-5. doi: 10.1016/s0167-7799(02)00022-7.

Abstract

Advances in our capacity to design and use novel strategies for achieving inducible gene expression will improve our ability to define gene function. An extremely efficient system designed by nature -- that of the regulatable phytochrome system in plants -- has provided the basis for developing a novel inducible gene expression system.

MeSH terms

  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal*
  • Gene Transfer Techniques / trends*
  • Light*
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / genetics
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / metabolism
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / radiation effects
  • Phytochrome / genetics
  • Phytochrome / physiology*
  • Phytochrome / radiation effects*
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Transcription, Genetic
  • Yeasts / genetics
  • Yeasts / physiology
  • Yeasts / radiation effects

Substances

  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Transcription Factors
  • Phytochrome