Overexpression of groESL in Clostridium acetobutylicum results in increased solvent production and tolerance, prolonged metabolism, and changes in the cell's transcriptional program

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4951-4965

  Tomas, Christopher A ^a   Welker, Neil E ^b   Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; METABOLISM; SOLVENTS;

PLASMIDS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BUTANOL; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNAKJ GENE; FTSA GENE; FTSZ GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROESL GENE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HSP90 GENE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS; STRESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

1-BUTANOL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBOXY-LYASES; CHAPERONINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOLVENTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM ATCC 824; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0041527249     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4951-4965.2003     Document Type: Article

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