Bacterial microcompartments and the modular construction of microbial metabolism

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-34

  Kerfeld, Cheryl A ^a,b,c,d   Erbilgin, Onur ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial microcompartments; Bacterial organelles; Carboxysomes; Metabolosomes; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MICROCOMPARTMENT; CARBON FIXATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATABOLISM; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENDOCYTOBIOSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84920531816     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.10.003     Document Type: Review

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