Production of nitrogen-based platform chemical: Cyanophycin biosynthesis using recombinant Escherichia coli and renewable media substitutes

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1321-1327

  Zhang, Yixing ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a   Vadlani, Praveen V ^a   Narayanan, Sanjeev ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cyanophycin; Fermentation; Platform chemical; Recombinant E.coli

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE PRICES; CYANOPHYCIN; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; PLATFORM CHEMICALS; RECOMBINANT E.COLI; RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS;

AMINO ACIDS; ARGININE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYANOPHYCIN; LYSINE;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOPHYCIN SYNTHETASE GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; SOYBEAN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS ATCC 29413; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE MAX; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84879209731     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.3978     Document Type: Article

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