Mutations in Escherichia coli aceE and ribB genes allow survival of strains defective in the first step of the isoprenoid biosynthesis pathway

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Perez Gil, Jordi ^a   Uros, Eva Maria ^a   Sauret Güeto, Susanna ^a,d   Lois, L Maria ^a   Kirby, James ^b   Nishimoto, Minobu ^b   Baidoo, Edward E K ^b   Keasling, Jay D ^b   Boronat, Albert ^a,c   Rodriguez Concepcion, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXY DEXTRO XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE REDUCTOISOMERASE; 1 DEOXY DEXTRO XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; 2 METHYL DEXTRO ERYTHRITOL 4 PHOSPHATE; ERYTHRITOL; ISOPRENOID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACEE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; RIBB GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; PENTOSEPHOSPHATES; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; TERPENES; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 84865155372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043775     Document Type: Article

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