Overproduction of a functional fatty acid biosynthetic enzyme blocks fatty acid synthesis in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4596-4602

  Subrahmanyam, Satyanarayana ^a   Cronan Jr , John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; ISOENZYME; MALONYL COENZYME A; THIOESTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031783528     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4596-4602.1998     Document Type: Article

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