Enhanced production of succinic acid by overexpression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1808-1810

  Millard, Cynthia Sanville ^a   Chao, Yun Peng ^b   Liao, James C ^b   Donnelly, Mark I ^a,b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; SUCCINIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029930612     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1808-1810.1996     Document Type: Article

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