Transcriptional engineering of Escherichia coli K4 for fructosylated chondroitin production

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1140-1149

  Wu, Qiulin ^a   Yang, Aihua ^a   Zou, Wei ^a   Duan, Zuoying ^a   Liu, Jie ^b   Chen, Jian ^a   Liu, Liming ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Jiangshan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Capsule polysaccharide; Chondroitin sulfate; E. coli K4; slyA; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE POLYSACCHARIDES; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; E. COLI; SLYA; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHONDROITIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEOME; SALMOLYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOREACTORS; CHONDROITIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84886750038     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1777     Document Type: Article

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