Production of succinic acid through overexpression of NAD+-dependent malic enzyme in an Escherichia coli mutant

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2695-2701

  Stols, Lucy ^a   Donnelly, Mark I ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030752053     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2695-2701.1997     Document Type: Article

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