Enhanced intracellular Ca2+ concentrations in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis after addition of oligosaccharide elicitors

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 985-991

  Murphy, Tania M ^a   Nilsson, Alex Y ^b   Roy, Ipsita ^a   Harrop, Anthony ^c   Dixon, Keith ^c   Keshavarz, Tajalli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoaequorin; Intracellular calcium; Oligosaccharide elicitors; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

APOAEQUORIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CYTOSOLIC; E. COLI; INTRACELLULAR CA; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; POTENTIAL CHANGE; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SUBTILIS;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; CALCIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; METABOLISM; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

METABOLITES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AEQUORIN; APOAEQUORIN; APOPROTEIN; CALCIUM; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING;

AEQUORIN; APOPROTEINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CALCIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79955109924     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0511-6     Document Type: Article

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