Metabolic regulation of Escherichia coli and its phoB and phoR genes knockout mutants under phosphate and nitrogen limitations as well as at acidic condition

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Marzan, Lolo W ^a   Shimizu, Kazuyuki ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nitrogen limitation; PH; PhoB gene knockout; PhoR gene knockout; Phosphate limitation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA POLYMERASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOR PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON METABOLISM; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; KNOCKOUT GENE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOB GENE; PHOR GENE; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PH;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES;

EID: 79956193207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-10-39     Document Type: Article

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