Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum for the production of l-threonine

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-23

  Dong, Xunyan ^a   Quinn, Peter J ^b   Wang, Xiaoyuan ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; Escherichia coli; L threonine biosynthesis; L threonine production; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS; FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTIONS; FUTURE STRATEGY; GROWING MARKETS; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; L-THREONINE BIOSYNTHESIS; L-THREONINE PRODUCTION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL STRAIN; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; RANDOM MUTATION; STRAIN DEVELOPMENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALS; METABOLISM; PRODUCTIVITY; STRAIN;

AMINO ACIDS;

THREONINE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; THREONINE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78649805791     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.07.009     Document Type: Review

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