Use of adaptive laboratory evolution to discover key mutations enabling rapid growth of Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 on glucose minimal medium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-30

  LaCroix, Ryan A ^a   Sandberg, Troy E ^a   O'Brien, Edward J ^a   Utrilla, Jose ^a   Ebrahim, Ali ^a   Guzman, Gabriela I ^a   Szubin, Richard ^a   Palsson, Bernhard O ^a,b,c   Feist, Adam M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GLUCOSE; HEALTH; STRAIN RATE; TRANSCRIPTION;

EFFECTIVE TOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; GENE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC CHANGES; MINIMAL MEDIAS; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ALLELE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RESPONSE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SUBSTRATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSE;

ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84917705874     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02246-14     Document Type: Article

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