Improvement in recombinant protein production in ppGpp-deficient Escherichia coli

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 379-386

  Dedhia, Neilay ^a   Richins, Richard ^a   Mesina, Archie ^a   Chen, Wilfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; ppGpp; recombinant protein synthesis; translational machinery

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; ENZYME KINETICS; FERMENTERS; GROWTH KINETICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PPGPP ENZYMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTION;

ENZYMES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0342762044     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970220)53:4<379::AID-BIT4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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