Behavior of different polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases in response to the ethanol level in Escherichia coli cultures

Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 767-770

  Hiroe, Ayaka ^a   Shiraishi, Masaya ^a   Mizuno, Kouhei ^b   Tsuge, Takeharu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KITAKYUSHU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STRAIN;

E. COLI; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; PHA SYNTHASES; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; SYNTHASES;

ETHANOL;

EID: 84947050892     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2015.53     Document Type: Article

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