Intracellular butyryl phosphate and acetyl phosphate concentrations in Clostridium acetobutylicum and their implications for solvent formation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 530-537

  Zhao, Yinsuo ^a,c   Tomas, Christopher A ^b,d   Rudolph, Fredrick B ^a   Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T ^b   Bennett, George N ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DNA; GENES; MOLECULES; SOLVENTS; STRAIN;

ACETYL PHOSPHATE (ACP); BUTANOL; BUTYRYL PHOSPHATE (BUP); SOLVENTOGENESIS;

PHOSPHATES;

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRYL PHOSPHATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHATE; PLASMID DNA; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PHOSPHATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUTANOLS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; SOLVENTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 12244288341     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.530-537.2005     Document Type: Article

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