Over-expression of stress protein-encoding genes helps Clostridium acetobutylicum to rapidly adapt to butanol stress

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1643-1649

  Mann, Miriam S ^a   Dragovic, Zdravko ^b   Schirrmacher, Georg ^b   Lütke Eversloh, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b SÜD CHEMIE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butanol stress; GroESL; GrpE; Heat shock protein; HtpG; Solvent tolerance

Indexed keywords

GROESL; GRPE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HTPG; SOLVENT TOLERANCE;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEINS; ROBUST CONTROL;

ALCOHOLS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BUTANOL; CHAPERONIN; GROESL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GRPE PROTEIN, BACTERIA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HTPG PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLASMID; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUTANOLS; CHAPERONINS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLASMIDS; TIME FACTORS;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 84865750105     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-0951-2     Document Type: Article

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