Identification of isopentenol biosynthetic genes from Bacillus subtilis by a screening method based on isoprenoid precursor toxicity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6277-6283

  Withers, Sydnor T ^a,b   Gottlieb, Shayin S ^c   Lieu, Bonny ^c   Newman, Jack D ^c   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^c Amyris Biotechnologies   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ISOPENTENOL BIOSYNTHETIC GENES; MEVALONATE-BASED ISOPENTENYL PYROPHOSPHATE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; PRENYL DIPHOSPHATE PRECURSORS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GROWTH RATE; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA;

DIMETHYLALLYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPENTENOL; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; MEVALONIC ACID; PRENYL DIPHOSPHATE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUDF GENE; YHFR GENE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BUTADIENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMITERPENES; MEVALONIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PENTANES; PENTANOLS; TERPENES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35148889024     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00861-07     Document Type: Article

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