Metabolic regulation of Escherichia coli and its gdhA, glnL, gltB, D mutants under different carbon and nitrogen limitations in the continuous culture

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kumar, Rahul ^a   Shimizu, Kazuyuki ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE B; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE D; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE A; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE L; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN GDHA; PROTEIN GLNL; PROTEIN GLTB; PROTEIN GLTD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON UTILIZATION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; MUTATION; NITROGEN;

EID: 77249124977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-9-8     Document Type: Article

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