Engineering Escherichia coli for enhanced production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) in larger cellular space

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-193

  Wang, Ying ^a   Wu, Hong ^a   Jiang, Xiaoran ^a   Chen, Guo Qiang ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Cell division; Escherichia coli; PHB; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; SulA

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; CHARGE DENSITY WAVES; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE;

CELL DIVISIONS; DOWNSTREAM SEPARATION; FERMENTATION BROTHS; PHB; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE); POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; RECOMBINANT E. COLI; SULA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 4 HYDROXYBUTYRATE); POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-4-HYDROXYBUTYRATE); POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRY WEIGHT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL GENE; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL SIZE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; POLYESTERS;

EID: 84907331475     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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