Melanin-based high-throughput screen for L-tyrosine production in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1190-1197

  Santos, Christine Nicole S ^a   Stephanopoulos, Gregory ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; L-TYROSINE PRODUCTION;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORGANIC ACIDS; PIGMENTS;

PROTEINS;

MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MORPHOLINEPROPANESULFONIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN;

CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; MELANINS; MORPHOLINES; MUTAGENESIS; TYROSINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 39649119874     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02448-07     Document Type: Article

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