Metabolic regulation in Escherichia coli in response to culture environments via global regulators

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1330-1341

  Matsuoka, Yu ^a   Shimizu, Kazuyuki ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Global regulators; Integration of the metabolism; Metabolic engineering; Metabolic regulation

Indexed keywords

CELL METABOLISM; EFFICIENT PRODUCTION; ENZYMATIC REACTION; GENE LEVELS; GLOBAL REGULATORS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC REGULATIONS; NUTRIENT STRESS; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; REGULATION MECHANISMS; ROBUST MODELS; SIGMA FACTOR; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; VIRTUAL CELLS;

CELL CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; PH EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

METABOLISM;

CARBON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; SIGMA FACTOR;

BIOENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; CELL METABOLISM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT SHOCK; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80555123169     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201000447     Document Type: Review

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