A systems biology approach to investigate the effect of pH-induced gene regulation on solvent production by Clostridium acetobutylicum in continuous culture

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Haus, Sylvia ^a   Jabbari, Sara ^b   Millat, Thomas ^a   Janssen, Holger ^a   Fischer, Ralf Jörg ^a   Bahl, Hubert ^a   King, John R ^b   Wolkenhauer, Olaf ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

ACETONE; BUTANOL; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PH; PROTEOMICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ACETONE; BUTANOLS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEOMICS; SOLVENTS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 78651478840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-10     Document Type: Article

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