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55
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8600
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15267
National Ranking
78

Overview

Svein Valla was affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research contributions spanned the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and energy, with particular focus on biotechnology, molecular biology, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their work addressed key topics including enzyme production and characterization, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, and algal biology and biofuel production.

Among the documented publications, one notable paper was titled Identification of Regulatory Genes and Metabolic Processes Important for Alginate Biosynthesis in Azotobacter vinelandii by Screening of a Transposon Insertion Mutant Library, published in 2020 in the journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

Svein Valla collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Mali Mærk
  • Øyvind Jakobsen
  • Håvard Sletta
  • Geir Klinkenberg
  • Anne Tøndervik

In terms of publication venues, their work appeared in:

  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • Bacterial alginates: Biosynthesis and applications

    B. H. A. Rehm;S. Valla

  • Genome Sequence of Azotobacter vinelandii, an Obligate Aerobe Specialized To Support Diverse Anaerobic Metabolic Processes

    João C. Setubal;Patricia dos Santos;Barry S. Goldman;Helga Ertesvåg

  • Biosynthesis of the polyene antifungal antibiotic nystatin in Streptomyces noursei ATCC 11455: analysis of the gene cluster and deduction of the biosynthetic pathway

    Trygve Brautaset;Olga N Sekurova;Håvard Sletta;Trond E Ellingsen

  • Construction and use of a versatile set of broad-host-range cloning and expression vectors based on the RK2 replicon.

    J M Blatny;T Brautaset;H C Winther-Larsen;K Haugan

  • Biosynthesis and applications of alginates

    Helga Ertesvåg;Svein Valla

  • A new gene required for cellulose production and a gene encoding cellulolytic activity in Acetobacter xylinum are colocalized with the bcs operon.

    R. Standal;Tore Geir Iversen;D. H. Coucheron;E. Fjaervik

  • IMPROVED BROAD-HOST-RANGE RK2 VECTORS USEFUL FOR HIGH AND LOW REGULATED GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS IN GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA

    Janet Martha Blatny;Trygve Brautaset;Hanne C. Winther-Larsen;Ponniah Karunakaran

  • A FAMILY OF MODULAR TYPE MANNURONAN C-5-EPIMERASE GENES CONTROLS ALGINATE STRUCTURE IN AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII

    Helga Ertesvåg;Hilde Kristin Høidal;Ingrid Kathrin Hals;Anne Rian

  • The Pseudomonas fluorescens AlgG Protein, but Not Its Mannuronan C-5-Epimerase Activity, Is Needed for Alginate Polymer Formation

    Martin Gimmestad;Håvard Sletta;Helga Ertesvåg;Karianne Bakkevig

  • Cloning and expression of an Azotobacter vinelandii mannuronan C-5-epimerase gene.

    H Ertesvåg;B Doseth;B Larsen;G Skjåk-Braek

  • In Vivo Analysis of the Regulatory Genes in the Nystatin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster of Streptomyces noursei ATCC 11455 Reveals Their Differential Control Over Antibiotic Biosynthesis

    Olga N. Sekurova;Trygve Brautaset;Håvard Sletta;Sven E. F. Borgos

  • The Presence of N-Terminal Secretion Signal Sequences Leads to Strong Stimulation of the Total Expression Levels of Three Tested Medically Important Proteins during High-Cell-Density Cultivations of Escherichia coli

    H. Sletta;A. Tøndervik;S. Hakvåg;T. E. Vee Aune

  • Rk2-based broad-host-range cloning vector useful for transfer of metagenomic libraries to a variety of bacterial species

    Trine Aakvik;Kristin Floegstad Degnes;Trond Erling Ellingsen;Rannveig Skrede

  • Cloning and expression of three new Aazotobacter vinelandii genes closely related to a previously described gene family encoding mannuronan C-5-epimerases.

    Britt Iren Glærum Svanem;Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk;Helga Ertesvåg;Svein Valla

  • A comparative analysis of the properties of regulated promoter systems commonly used for recombinant gene expression in Escherichia coli

    Simone Balzer;Veronika Kucharova;Judith A. Megerle;Rahmi Lale

  • Upregulated transcription of plasmid and chromosomal ribulose monophosphate pathway genes is critical for methanol assimilation rate and methanol tolerance in the methylotrophic bacterium Bacillus methanolicus.

    Øyvind M. Jakobsen;Øyvind M. Jakobsen;Aline Benichou;Michael C. Flickinger;Svein Valla

  • New broad-host-range promoter probe vectors based on the plasmid RK2 replicon

    Pedro Miguel Santos;Ilaria Di Bartolo;Janet Martha Blatny;Elisabetta Zennaro

  • Ionic and acid gel formation of epimerised alginates; the effect of AlgE4.

    Kurt I. Draget;Berit Strand;Martin Hartmann;Svein Valla

  • Cellulose-negative Mutants of Acetobacter xylinum

    Svein Valla;Johs. Kjosbakken

  • Metagenomics of microbial life in extreme temperature environments.

    Anna Lewin;Alexander Wentzel;Svein Valla

Frequent Co-Authors

Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk
Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Dennis E. Ohman
Dennis E. Ohman Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Bernd H. A. Rehm
Bernd H. A. Rehm Griffith University
Royston Goodacre
Royston Goodacre University of Liverpool
Mark R. Liles
Mark R. Liles Auburn University
Don A. Cowan
Don A. Cowan University of Pretoria
Angela Sessitsch
Angela Sessitsch Austrian Institute of Technology
João C. Setubal
João C. Setubal Universidade de São Paulo
David J. Studholme
David J. Studholme University of Exeter
Kjetill S. Jakobsen
Kjetill S. Jakobsen University of Oslo

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