Improved Production of L-Threonine in Escherichia coli by Use of a DNA Scaffold System

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 774-782

  Lee, Jun Hyoung ^a   Jung, Suk Chae ^a   Bui, Le Minh ^a   Kang, Kui Hyeon ^a   Song, Ji Joon ^a   Kim, Sun Chang ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; DNA DOUBLE HELICES; E. COLI; HOMOSERINE; HOST STRAIN; INTRACELLULAR CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC ENZYMES; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; METABOLIC REACTIONS; PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION TIME; RANDOM COLLISIONS; SCAFFOLD SYSTEM; SITE-SPECIFIC; STRAIN DEVELOPMENT; TOXIC INTERMEDIATES; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; OPTIMIZATION; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS;

AMINO ACIDS;

DNA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; THREONINE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

DNA; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; METABOLITE; OPTIMIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; THREONINE; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84873876223     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02578-12     Document Type: Article

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