Escherichia coli HGT: Engineered for high glucose throughput even under slowly growing or resting conditions

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue , 2017, Pages 93-103

  Michalowski, Annette ^a   Siemann Herzberg, Martin ^a   Takors, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; High glucose uptake; Nitrogen limitation; ppGpp; Stringent response

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DENSITY WAVES; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN;

ENGINEERED ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH GLUCOSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; NITROGEN LIMITATION; PPGPP; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; STRINGENT RESPONSE; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; RESTING STATE NETWORK; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOREACTORS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PYRUVIC ACID;

EID: 85010877020     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.01.005     Document Type: Article

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