Regulation of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases (phaC1 and phaC2) gene expression in Pseudomonas corrugata

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1054-1062

  Conte, Enrico ^a   Catara, Vittoria ^b   Greco, Sebastiana ^a   Russo, Marcella ^a   Alicata, Rossana ^a   Strano, Luciana ^a   Lombardo, Alessandro ^a   Di Silvestro, Silvia ^a   Catara, Antonino ^a  

^a Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico Della Sicilia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR PHA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

CELL CULTURE; GENES; GLUCOSE; OLEIC ACID; RNA;

ENZYMES;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; OCTANOIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON SOURCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CORRUGATA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOSE; OCTANOIC ACIDS; OLEIC ACID; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PSEUDOMONAS CORRUGATA;

EID: 33749165913     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0373-y     Document Type: Article

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