A transcriptional study of acidogenic chemostat cells of Clostridium acetobutylicum - Cellular behavior in adaptation to n-butanol

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 366-377

  Schwarz, Katrin M ^a,b   Kuit, Wouter ^a,b   Grimmler, Christina ^c   Ehrenreich, Armin ^c,d   Kengen, Servé W M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidogenesis; Butanol stress; Chemostat; Clostridium acetobutylicum; Microarray

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENESIS; ACIDOGENIC; CELL ENVELOPES; CELLULAR BEHAVIORS; CLASS I; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSIONS; ELEVATED LEVEL; GENES ENCODING; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HEAT-SHOCK; MEGAPLASMID; MEMBRANE COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLYBDENUM-COFACTOR; N-BUTANOL; PHOSPHODIESTERASES; STEADY STATE; STRESS RESPONSE; TIME-DEPENDENT; TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMOSTATS; GLYCEROL; METABOLISM; MICROARRAYS; MOLYBDENUM; PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ABC TRANSPORTER; BUTANOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AAD GENE; ADC GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BDHA GENE; BDHB GENE; BUK GENE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CTFA GENE; CTFB GENE; DNAJ GENE; DNAK GENE; FAB GENE; FAD GENE; FERMENTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLPA GENE; GROEL GENE; GROES GENE; GRPE GENE; HRCA GENE; HSP90 GENE; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PTB GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UGPAEBC GENE; UGPC GENE; UPREGULATION;

1-BUTANOL; ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOREACTORS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 84865403230     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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