Improvement of acetic acid tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using a zinc-finger-based artificial transcription factor and identification of novel genes involved in acetic acid tolerance

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2441-2449

  Ma, Cui ^a   Wei, Xiaowen ^a   Sun, Cuihuan ^c   Zhang, Fei ^a   Xu, Jianren ^a   Zhao, Xinqing ^a,b   Bai, Fengwu ^a,b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Liaoning Academy of Microbiology   (China)

Author keywords

Acetic acid tolerance; Artificial transcription factor (ATF); Ethanol production; QDR3; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Zinc finger protein (ZFP)

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ETHANOL; GENES; PH; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YEAST; ZINC;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTIFICIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; QDR3; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CATALASE; GLUCOSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; FUNGAL DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLUCOSE INTAKE; IKS GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; QDR3 GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRESS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACETIC ACID; CATALASE; CELLULOSE; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84925503038     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6343-x     Document Type: Article

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