Metabolic modeling of polyhydroxybutyrate biosynthesis

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 557-570

  Leaf, Timothy A ^a   Srienc, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes eutrophus; Enzyme kinetics; Mathematical modeling; Metabolic engineering; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Regulation of metabolism

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; REACTION KINETICS;

POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ACETYL-COA C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASES; COENZYME A; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NADP; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYESTERS;

EID: 0032485354     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980305)57:5<557::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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