Optimum melanin production using recombinant Escherichia coli

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1002-1008

  Lagunas Munoz V H ^a   Cabrera Valladares, N ^a   Bolivar F ^a   Gosset, G ^a   Martinez A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aromatics; Escherichia coli; Melanin; Rhizobium etli; Tyrosinase; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; MELANIN;

AROMATIC; EUMELANINS; GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; MINERAL MEDIA; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; TYROSINASE; TYROSINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; EUMELANIN; ISOPROPYL DEXTRO THIOGALACTOPYRANOSIDE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MELANIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 33750042533     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03013.x     Document Type: Article

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