Transcriptional Analysis of Butanol Stress and Tolerance in Clostridium acetobutylicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2006-2018

  Tomas, Christopher A ^a   Beamish, Jeffrey ^a   Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; BUTYRYL COENZYME A; CHAPERONIN; COENZYME A; FATTY ACID; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 18; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HEMIN; HEMIN PERMEASE; PERMEASE; PROTEIN DNAK; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; DNA MICROARRAY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUTANOLS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1642396325     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.7.2006-2018.2004     Document Type: Article

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