Engineering a homo-ethanol pathway in Escherichia coli: Increased glycolytic flux and levels of expression of glycolytic genes during xylose fermentation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2979-2988

  Tao, Han ^a   Gonzalez, Ramon ^a   Martinez, Alfredo ^a,c   Rodriguez, Maria ^a,c   Ingram, L O ^a,b   Preston, J F ^a   Shanmugam, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; XYLOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOLYSIS; ISOENZYMES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PYRUVIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; XYLOSE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI B; NEGIBACTERIA; TRIXIS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0035039153     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.10.2979-2988.2001     Document Type: Article

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