Metabolic flux analysis of Escherichia coli expressing the Bacillus subtilis acetolactate synthase in batch and continuous cultures

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 737-749

  Aristidou, Aristos A ^a,b   San, Ka Yiu ^a   Bennett, George N ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

ALS; Escherichia coli; Metabolic flux analysis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BATCH CELL CULTURE; CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROTEINS;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DILUTION; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; CHEMOSTAT; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAD; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033587370     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990620)63:6<737::AID-BIT12>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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