Enhancement of thymidine production in E. coli by eliminating repressors regulating the carbamoyl phosphate synthetase operon

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-78

  Koo, Bong Seong ^a,b   Hyun, Hyung Hwan ^c   Kim, Sang Yong ^a   Kim, Chan Hwa ^b   Lee, Hyeon Cheol ^a  

^a BioNgene Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase; Deregulation; Fermentation; Repressor; Thymidine

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEREGULATION; FERMENTATION; TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATES; FED-BATCH FERMENTATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REGULATORY PATHWAY; REPRESSOR; SYNTHETASES; THYMIDINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650512164     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0413-7     Document Type: Article

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