Development and characterization of a gene expression reporter system for Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3793-3799

  Tummala, Seshu B ^a   Welker, Neil E ^b   Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOXYLYASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM ATCC 824; NEGIBACTERIA; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM THERMOSULFURIGENES; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM THERMOSULFUROGENES;

EID: 0032876348     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.3793-3799.1999     Document Type: Article

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