Membrane stresses induced by overproduction of free fatty acids in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8114-8128

  Lennen, Rebecca M ^a,b   Kruziki, Max A ^a   Kumar, Kritika ^a   Zinkel, Robert A ^b   Burnum, Kristin E ^b,c   Lipton, Mary S ^b,c   Hoover, Spencer W ^b   Ranatunga, Don R ^b   Wittkopp, Tyler M ^b   Marner, Wesley D ^b   Pfleger, Brian F ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC RESPIRATION; CARBON SOURCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATALYTIC CONVERSION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROL STRAIN; CULTIVATION CONDITIONS; E. COLI; ENZYMATIC CONVERSIONS; ETHYL ESTERS; FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; FREE FATTY ACID; GENE DELETION; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; INNER MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE STRESS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROTEIN LEVEL; SHOCK PROTEINS; SHOCK RESPONSE; STATIONARY PHASE; THEORETICAL YIELD; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL; VIABLE CELLS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CULTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; PARAFFINS; PROTEINS; STRAIN;

UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FATTY ACID;

BIOFUEL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FECAL COLIFORM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 83055188795     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05421-11     Document Type: Article

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