Team:Wisconsin-Madison/Notebook References

PROJECT

• Genes for direct methylation of glycine provide high levels of glycinebetaine and abiotic-stress tolerance in Synechococcus and Arabidopsis [Link]
• Isolation and functional characterization of N-methyltransferases that catalyze betaine synthesis from glycine in a halotolerant photosynthetic organism Aphanothece halophytica [Link]
• Extreme halophiles synthesize betaine from glycine by methylation [Link]
• Improving heterologous polyketide production in Escherichia coli by overexpression of an S-adenosylmethionine synthetase gene [Link]
• cDNA cloning of phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase from spinach by complementation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and characterization of the recombinant enzyme. [Link]
• Enhanced synthesis of choline and glycine betaine in transgenic tobacco plants that overexpress phosphoethanolamine * N-methyltransferase [Link]
• Genetic engineering of glycinebetaine synthesis in plants: current status and implications for enhancement of stress tolerance. [Link]
• Genes for direct methylation of glycine provide high levels of glycinebetaine and abiotic-stress tolerance in
• Synechococcus and Arabidopsis [Link]
• Improved osmotolerance of recombinant Escherichia coli by de novo glycine betaine biosynthesis [Link]
• Identification of Osmoresponsive Genes in Escherichia coli: Evidence for Participation of Potassium and Proline Transport Systems in Osmoregulation [Link]
• Two Different Escherichia coli proP Promoters Respond to Osmotic and Growth Phase Signals [Link]
• Abiotic stress and ABA-inducible Group 4 LEA from Brassica napus plays a key role in salt and drought tolerance [Link]
• Improved osmotolerance of recombinant Escherichia coli by de novo glycine betaine biosynthesis [Link]
• Characterization of Glycine Sarcosine N-Methyltransferase and Sarcosine Dimethylglycine N-Methyltransferase [Link]

Discovery of sarcosine dimethylglycine methyltransferase from Galdieria sulphuraria [Link]

GENERAL

• Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases [Link]
• Engineering BioBrick vectors from BioBrick parts [Link]

RESOURCES

• EcoCyc [Link]
• Add Gene [Link]
• KEGG Pathway Database [Link]
• Gene Almanac (Interactive Videos) [Link]
• Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) [Link]
• Oligo Analyzer - Integrated DNA Technologies [Link]