A closer look on the polyhydroxybutyrate- (PHB-) negative phenotype of Ralstonia eutropha PHB-4

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Raberg, Matthias ^a   Voigt, Birgit ^c   Hecker, Michael ^c   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID DEHYDROGENASE; 2 OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; 3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ACETOIN DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACETYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CITRATE SYNTHASE; DEMETHYLMENAQUINONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHAC PROTEIN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE 4; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; PYRUVIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHAA GENE; PHAB GENE; PHAC GENE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; STOP CODON; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MUTATION; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYESTERS; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84900419352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095907     Document Type: Article

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