Expression of various genes to enhance ubiquinone metabolic pathway in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 772-779

  Zhang, Dawei ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   Wang, Fenghuan ^a   Shrestha, Binaya ^a   Tian, Pingfang ^a   Tan, Tianwei ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Fed batch fermentation; Metabolic engineering; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; RESPIRATORY CHAINS; UBIQUINONE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; YEAST;

GENE EXPRESSION;

4 HYDROXYBENZOATE POLYPRENYLDIPHOSPHATE TRANSFERASE; DECAPRENYLDIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFERASE; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34548383018     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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