Metabolic engineering and control analysis for production of aromatics: Role of transaldolase

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 132-138

  Lu, Jia Ling ^a   Liao, James C ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

aromatics; metabolic control analysis; metabolic engineering; transaldolase

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CLONING; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

AROMATIC METABOLITES; ERYTHROSE 4 PHOSPHATE (E4P); METABOLIC CONTROL ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PENTHOSE PATHWAY; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE (PEP); TRANSALDOLASE;

METABOLITES;

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; TRANSALDOLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031013443     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970120)53:2<132::AID-BIT2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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