An engineered methanogenic pathway derived from the domains bacteria and archaea

mBio

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Lessner, Daniel J ^a,b   Lhu, Lexan ^a   Wahal, Christopher S ^a   Ferry, James G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; METHANE; METHANOL; METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN MEKB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS VERONII; WILD TYPE;

ACETATES; CARBON; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTERASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHANE; METHANOL; METHANOSARCINA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROPIONATES; PSEUDOMONAS;

METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS VERONII;

EID: 79952152589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00243-10     Document Type: Article

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