The Crc protein inhibits the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in Pseudomonas putida under balanced carbon/nitrogen growth conditions

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 278-290

  La Rosa, Ruggero ^a   de la Peña, Fernando ^b   Prieto, María Axiliadora ^b   Rojo, Fernando ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CRC PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS; NITROGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYALKENOATE)POLYMERASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKENOATE)POLYMERASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84891631269     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12303     Document Type: Article

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