Improving lycopene production in Escherichia coli by engineering metabolic control

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 533-537

  Farmer, William R ^a   Liao, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Isoprenoids; Metabolic control; Metabolic engineering; Nitrogen regulon

Indexed keywords

LYCOPENE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON;

3-DEOXY-7-PHOSPHOHEPTULONATE SYNTHASE; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BOND ISOMERASES; CAROTENOIDS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PAIRED ACCEPTORS); PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034024497     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/75398     Document Type: Article

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