Genetic tuning of coryneform bacteria for the overproduction of amino acids

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-161

  Nampoothiri, Madhavan ^a   Pandey, Ashok ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Corynebacterium; Genetic tuning; Transformation; Vectors

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY;

DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM; CROSS LINKING; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032005841     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(97)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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