Xylose-induced dynamic effects on metabolism and gene expression in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae in anaerobic glucose-xylose cultures

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 969-985

  Alff Tuomala, Susanne ^a   Salusjärvi, Laura ^a   Barth, Dorothee ^a   Oja, Merja ^a   Penttilä, Merja ^a   Pitkänen, Juha Pekka ^a   Ruohonen, Laura ^a   Jouhten, Paula ^a,b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Gene expression; Metabolic modelling; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Xylose

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GENES; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; XYLOSE; YEAST;

ANAEROBIC; ENGINEERED STRAINS; FLUX BALANCE ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC MODELLING; METABOLIC NETWORK; NATURAL SUBSTRATES; SOLE CARBON SOURCE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; XYLOSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; XYLOSE-GLUCOSE;

BACTERIUM; CELLULOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UPREGULATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIA; DISACCHARIDES; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; LIGNIN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XYLOSE;

EID: 84953410315     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7038-7     Document Type: Article

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