A tunable switch to regulate the synthesis of low and high molecular weight microbial polyesters

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 106-113

  Ashby, Richard D ^a,b   Shi, Fengying ^a   Gross, Richard A ^a,c  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes eutrophus; Alcaligenes latus; Bimodal molecular weight distributions; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate); Poly(ethylene glycol)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS; ALCALIGENES LATUS; BIMODAL MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT MICROBIAL POLYESTERS; TUNABLE SWITCH;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; ESTERIFICATION; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

ALCALIGENES LATUS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0033524350     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990105)62:1<106::AID-BIT12>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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