Assessments of growth conditions on the production of cyanophycin by recombinant Escherichia coli strains expressing cyanophycin synthetase gene

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 358-363

  Tseng, Wen Chi ^a   Fang, Tsuei Yun ^b   Cho, Chiung Yu ^a   Chen, Po Shao ^a   Tsai, Ching Shiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Culture condition; Cyanophycin; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS; ASPARTIC ACIDS; CULTURE CONDITIONS; CYANOPHYCIN; DRY CELLS; E. COLI; GROWTH CONDITIONS; MINIMAL EFFECTS; MOLAR RATIO; NITROGEN SOURCES; RECOMBINANT DNA; RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803; SYNTHETASES;

BIOPOLYMERS; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PURIFICATION;

ARGININE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYANOPHYCIN; CYANOPHYCIN SYNTHASE, BACTERIA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 84863416208     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1513     Document Type: Article

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