Production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co- 4-hydroxybutyrate) in recombinant Escherichia coli grown on glucose

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-38

  Valentin, Henry E ^a   Dennis, Douglas ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium kluyveri; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Ralstonia eutropha; Succinate degradation

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; GENES; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE; SUCCINATE DEGRADATION;

COPOLYMERS;

GLUCOSE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALCALIGENES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYESTERS;

ALCALIGENES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM KLUYVERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0031549644     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(97)00127-2     Document Type: Article

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