Sucrose and overexpression of trehalose biosynthetic genes (otsBA) increase desiccation tolerance of recombinant Escherichia coli

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 503-508

  Miller, E N ^a   Ingram, L O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaine; Desiccation; E. coli; Lactate; Osmotic stress; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; OSMOSIS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

BETAINE; DESICCATION; LACTATE; OSMOTIC STRESS; TREHALOSE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ALCOHOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESICCATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CULTURE MEDIA; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; XYLOSE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38649143691     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9573-5     Document Type: Article

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