Improving itaconic acid production through genetic engineering of an industrial Aspergillus terreus strain

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Xuenian ^a,c   Lu, Xuefeng ^a   Li, Yueming ^b   Li, Xia ^b   Li, Jian Jun ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Qingdao Kehai Biochemistry Co   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus terreus; Genetic engineering; Itaconate titer; Itaconic acid

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; ITACONIC ACID; MONOMER; POLYMER; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CADA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GPDA GENE; MFSA GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MTTA GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME FACTOR;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUCCINATES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84942551397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-014-0119-y     Document Type: Article

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