Synthesis and accumulation of cyanophycin in transgenic strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3410-3418

  Steinle, Anna ^a   Oppermann Sanio, Fred Bernd ^a   Reichelt, Rudolf ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COPPER; METAL IONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TECHNOLOGY; YEAST;

COPPER(II) IONS; CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS; CYANOPHYCIN; GALACTOSE (GLCN); INDUCIBLE PROMOTER; L-ASPARTIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHESIS (OF CHIRAL IONIC LIQUIDS); SYNTHETASE; TRANSGENIC STRAINS; VECTOR SYSTEMS;

STRAIN;

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; COPPER ION; CYANOPHYCIN; CYANOPHYCIN SYNTHETASE; GALACTOSE; LYSINE; POLYMER; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYMER; PROTEIN; YEAST;

ARTICLE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLUBILITY; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 44949125733     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00366-08     Document Type: Article

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