Hyperproduction of tryptophan by Corynebacterium glutamicum with the modified pentose phosphate pathway

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2497-2502

  Ikeda, Masato ^a   Katsumata, Ryoichi ^b  

^a KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; FERMENTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PLASMID; SUGAR INTAKE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033009718     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2497-2502.1999     Document Type: Article

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