Heterologous ectoine production in Escherichia coli: By-passing the metabolic bottle-neck

Saline Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Bestvater, Thorsten ^a   Louis, Petra ^b   Galinski, Erwin A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYTOPLASM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; RECOMBINATION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MARINOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS;

EID: 53549102742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-12     Document Type: Article

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