Engineering the E. coli UDP-glucose synthesis pathway for oligosaccharide synthesis

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 369-374

  Mao, Zichao ^a   Shin, Hyun Dong ^a   Chen, Rachel Ruizhen ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES;

CARBON FLUX; DISACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OLIGOSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS; UDP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARBON; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646027294     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp0503181     Document Type: Article

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