The Clavulanic Acid Strain Improvement Program at DSM Anti-Infectives

Engineering Complex Phenotypes in Industrial Strains

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 169-183

  Koekman, Bert ^a   Hans, Marcus ^a  

^a DSM BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clavulanic acid by S. clavuligerus, biosynthetic pathway; Glutamate, clavulanic acid arginine biosynthesis; S. clavuligerus, targeted engineering approaches; Strains selected at DSM; The clavulanic acid strain improvement at DSM anti infectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886354594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118433034.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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