YfcX enables medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) formation from fatty acids in recombinant Escherichia coli fadB strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5696-5705

  Snell, Kristi D ^a   Feng, Feng ^a   Zhong, Luhua ^a   Martin, David ^a   Madison, Lara L ^a  

^a Metabolix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; HYDROLYASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); PROTEIN YFCX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYESTERS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036786870     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.20.5696-5705.2002     Document Type: Article

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