Engineering polyphosphate metabolism in Escherichia coli: Implications for bioremediation of inorganic contaminants

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 231-239

  Keasling, J D ^a   Van Dien, Stephen J ^a   Pramanik, Jaya ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Escherichia coli; Metabolic engineering; Polyphosphate metabolism

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; ENZYMES; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; INORGANIC POLYMERS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHATES;

BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; POLYPHOSPHATES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

HEAVY METAL; PHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REFUSE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032485896     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980420)58:2/3<231::AID-BIT16>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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