Improved glutathione production by gene expression in Escherichia coli

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-214

  Liao, X Y ^a   Shen, W ^a   Chen, J ^a,b   Li, Y ^a,b   Du, G C ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Gene expression; Glutathione; Glutathione synthetase; glutamylcysteine synthetase

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; PEPTIDES; REACTION RATES;

E. COLI; EXPRESSION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES EXPRESSION; GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHETASE; GLUTHATHIONE; HIGH PRODUCTION RATE; SYNTHETASES; Γ-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE SYNTHETASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GLUTATHIONE;

ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33745885022     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01927.x     Document Type: Article

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