Homologous overexpression of rfaH in E. coli K4 improves the production of chondroitin-like capsular polysaccharide

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cimini, Donatella ^a   De Rosa, Mario ^a   Carlino, Elisabetta ^a   Ruggiero, Alessandro ^a   Schiraldi, Chiara ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiterminator; Capsular polysaccharide; Chondroitin sulfate; E. coli K4; RfaH; UDP precursors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHONDROITIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; KFOA PROTEIN; KFOC PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; RFAH PROTEIN; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOST; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84877119749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-46     Document Type: Article

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