Molecular control mechanisms of lysine and threonine biosynthesis in amino acid-producing corynebacteria: Redirecting carbon flow

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 103-114

  Malumbres, Marcos ^a   Martín, Juan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amino acid overproduction; Bottleneck; Carbon flow; Corynebacteria; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE KINASE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; HOMOSERINE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSINE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXYLATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GLYCOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREVIBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030272602     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00300-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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