Recent applications of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin technology in bioproduct synthesis and bioremediation

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1627-1636

  Stark, Benjamin C ^a   Pagilla, Krishna R ^a   Dikshit, Kanak L ^b  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioproducts; Bioremediation; Genetic engineering; Vitreoscilla hemoglobin; Waste water

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOREMEDIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; NEW APPLICATIONS; OXYGEN BINDING; RESPIRATORY CHAINS; VITREOSCILLA HEMOGLOBIN;

BIOPRODUCTS;

ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIOXYGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITREOSCILLA HEMOGLOBIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; HEMOGLOBIN PROTEIN, VITREOSCILLA; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRUNCATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ARRAY; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOGLOBIN; OXIC CONDITIONS; PLANT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VITREOSCILLA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; YEAST; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; TRENDS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; VITREOSCILLA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TRUNCATED HEMOGLOBINS;

EID: 84922573091     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6350-y     Document Type: Review

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