Acetate metabolism in a pta mutant of Escherichia coli W3110: Importance of maintaining acetyl coenzyme A flux for growth and survival

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6656-6663

  Chang, Dong Eun ^a,b   Shin, Sooan ^a,c   Rhee, Joon Shick ^b   Pan, Jae Gu ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032721968     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6656-6663.1999     Document Type: Article

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