Functional role of granule-associated genes, phaP and phaR, in poly-β-hydroxybutyrate biosynthesis in recombinant E. coli harboring phbCAB operon

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1243-1249

  Seo, Min Chul ^a   Shin, Hyun Dong ^a   Lee, Yong Hyun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Granule associated genes; phaP; phaR; Poly hydroxybutyrate; Ralstonia eutropha; Recombinant E. coli

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; PHAP PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHAR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; POLYESTERS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0042856749     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025074926821     Document Type: Article

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