Efflux systems in bacteria and their metabolic engineering applications

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 9381-9393

  Jones, Christopher M ^a   Hernández Lozada, Néstor J ^a   Pfleger, Brian F ^a,b,c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Efflux; Export; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic biology; Toxicity; Transporters

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMOLECULES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS; TOXICITY;

EFFLUX; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPORT; FEEDBACK INHIBITION; METABOLITE PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSPORTERS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARABINOSE; ARGININE; BIOFUEL; CADAVERINE; CYSTEINE; DISACCHARIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEXOSE; HOMOSERINE; HYDROCARBON; ISOLEUCINE; ISOPRENOID; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MONOSACCHARIDE; PHENYLALANINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SUCROSE; SUGAR; THREONINE; TOLUENE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE; 4,6-DINITRO-O-CRESOL; CARRIER PROTEIN; DINITRO ORTHO CRESOL;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; METABOLITE; SUGAR; TOLERANCE;

ALCANIVORAX; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA FAMATA; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; EREMOTHECIUM GOSSYPII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE EFFLUX; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVIEW; SUGAR TRANSPORT; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; TRANSPORT AND BINDING PHENOMENA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIOFUELS; DINITROCRESOLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84946478658     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6963-9     Document Type: Review

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