Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) formation from γ- aminobutyrate and glutamate

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 291-299

  Valentin, Henry E ^a   Reiser, Steven ^a   Gruys, Kenneth J ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic engineering; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate co 4 hydroxybutyrate); Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COENZYMES; COPOLYMERS; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYESTERS;

AMINOBUTYRATES; GLUTAMATE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE;

CLONING;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYESTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYESTERS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CLOSTRIDIUM KLUYVERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0034606987     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(20000205)67:3<291::AID-BIT5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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