Metabolic engineering of microorganisms for the production of L-arginine and its derivatives

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shin, Jae Ho ^a   Lee, Sang Yup ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; L Arginine; L Ornithine; Metabolic engineering; Polyaspartate; Putrescine

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; AZAURACIL; CANAVANINE; CYANOPHYCIN; HOMOARGININE; ORNITHINE; POLYASPARTIC ACID; PUTRESCINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROCOCCUS; MICROORGANISM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

ARGININE; BACTERIA; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84924043296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-014-0166-4     Document Type: Review

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