A novel genetically engineered pathway for synthesis of poly(hydroxyalkanoic acids) in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 739-743

  Liu, Shuang Jiang ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PLASMIDS; POLYESTERS; THIOCAPSA;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THIOCAPSA; THIOCOCCUS PFENNIGII;

EID: 0342632824     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.2.739-743.2000     Document Type: Article

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