Biotransformation of p-xylene into terephthalic acid by engineered Escherichia coli

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Luo, Zi Wei ^a   Lee, Sang Yup ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARA XYLENE; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; 4-XYLENE; CARBON; DNA; OXYGEN; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; XYLENE;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PHASE PARTITIONING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXYGEN; PHTHALIC ACIDS; XYLENES;

EID: 85020018556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15689     Document Type: Article

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