Enhancing E. coli isobutanol tolerance through engineering its global transcription factor cAMP receptor protein (CRP)

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 700-708

  Chong, Huiqing ^a   Geng, Hefang ^a   Zhang, Hongfang ^a   Song, Hao ^a   Huang, Lei ^b   Jiang, Rongrong ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofuel; CAMP receptor protein; Global regulator; Isobutanol tolerance; Strain engineering; Transcriptional engineering

Indexed keywords

ACID RESISTANCE; BIOFUELS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; LIBRARIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAMP RECEPTOR PROTEINS; GLOBAL REGULATORS; ISOBUTANOL; STRAIN ENGINEERING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ENGINEERINGS;

ENGINEERING;

ACID; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; ISOBUTANOL; NITRATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SULFATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOFUEL; CAMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; GLOBAL REGULATOR; ISOBUTANOL TOLERANCE; STRAIN ENGINEERING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ENGINEERING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BUTANOLS; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84894268220     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25134     Document Type: Article

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