Modelling nitrogen assimilation of Escherichia coli at low ammonium concentration

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-183

  Ma, Hongwu ^a   Boogerd, Fred C ^b   Goryanin, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium assimilation; Ammonium transport; AmtB; E. coli; Modelling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM ASSIMILATION; AMMONIUM TRANSPORT; AMTB; E. COLI; MODELLING;

BIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SIMULATORS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM TRANSPORT PROTEIN B; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN GLNB; PROTEIN GLNK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM UPTAKE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70449520064     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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