Improvement of organic solvent tolerance by disruption of the lon gene in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-144

  Watanabe, Rei ^a   Doukyu, Noriyuki ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AcrAB TolC; Capsular polysaccharide; Efflux pump; Escherichia coli; Lon; Organic solvent tolerance

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; SOLVENTS;

ACRAB-TOLC; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; EFFLUX PUMPS; LON; ORGANIC SOLVENT TOLERANCE;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; MARA PROTEIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OFLOXACIN; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SOXS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACRB PROTEIN, E COLI; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BUTANOL; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LON PROTEIN, E COLI; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SOLVENT; WCAJ PROTEIN, E COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIQUID CULTURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

1-BUTANOL; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANES; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ETHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEASE LA; SOLVENTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904391398     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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