Integrative modelling of pH-dependent enzyme activity and transcriptomic regulation of the acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation of Clostridium acetobutylicum in continuous culture

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 526-539

  Millat, Thomas ^a   Janssen, Holger ^a,c   Bahl, Hubert ^a   Fischer, Ralf Jörg ^a   Wolkenhauer, Olaf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; BUTANOL; CELL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CELL PH; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

EID: 84879843202     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12033     Document Type: Article

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