Global transcription and metabolic flux analysis of Escherichia coli in glucose-limited fed-batch cultivations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7002-7015

  Lemuth, K ^a   Hardiman, T ^a   Winter, S ^a   Pfeiffer, D ^a   Keller, M A ^a,c   Lange, S ^a,d   Reuss, M ^a   Schmid, R D ^a   Siemann Herzberg, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Institute of Biochemical Engineering ^*  (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND AUTOMATION IPA   (Germany)

^d Roche Diagnostics AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLATION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUXES; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION; WATER POLLUTION;

A CARBONS; BACTERIAL METABOLISMS; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON LIMITATIONS; CARBON METABOLISMS; DYNAMIC SEQUENCES; E. COLI; ENERGY GENERATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; EXTRACELLULAR; FED BATCHES; GENETIC REGULATIONS; GLOBAL REGULATIONS; GLOBAL VIEWS; GLYOXYLATE; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSES; METABOLIC FLUXES; OXIDATIVE DECARBOXYLATIONS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAYS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PRODUCTION PROCESSES; STARVATION RESPONSES; SYNTHESIS OF; TCA CYCLES; TIME SERIES; TOPOLOGICAL MODELS; TRANSCRIPT LEVELS; TRANSCRIPTION PROFILING; TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; WORK MODES;

CARBON;

CARBON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOMER; POLYMER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BACTERIUM; BIOENERGETICS; CHEMOTAXIS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; STARVATION; TIME SERIES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BIOMASS; CARBON METABOLISM; CHEMOTAXIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CARBON; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 55949118807     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01327-08     Document Type: Article

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