A holistic view of polyhydroxyalkanoate metabolism in Pseudomonas putida

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 341-357

  Prieto, Auxiliadora ^a   Escapa, Isabel F ^b   Martínez, Virginia ^c   Dinjaski, Nina ^d   Herencias, Cristina ^a   de la Peña, Fernando ^a   Tarazona, Natalia ^a   Revelles, Olga ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CARBON; CARBOXYLESTERASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

BDELLOVIBRIO; CELL GRANULE; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BDELLOVIBRIO; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HYDROLYSIS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84959267546     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12760     Document Type: Review

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