Application of metabolic engineering for the biotechnological production of L-valine

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 5859-5870

  Oldiges, Marco ^a   Eikmanns, Bernhard J ^b   Blombach, Bastian ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioprocess engineering; Branched chain amino acid; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Escherichia coli; L valine biosynthesis production; Metabolic engineering; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHAINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; L-VALINE; REGULATION;

AMINO ACIDS;

OXYGEN; VALINE;

AMINO ACID; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG; METABOLISM;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOPROCESS; BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC STRAIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84903637760     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5782-8     Document Type: Review

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