Microbial metabolic engineering for L-threonine production

Subcellular Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 283-302

  Dong, Xunyan ^a   Quinn, Peter J ^b   Wang, Xiaoyuan ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

L threonine biosynthesis; L threonine production; Metabolic engineering; Regulation mechanism

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE KINASE; CARBON; THREONINE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ASPARTATE KINASE; CARBON; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; THREONINE;

EID: 84887620722     PISSN: 03060225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5055-5_14     Document Type: Article

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