Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for efficient ectoine production

Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 444-458

  Zhang, Shuyan ^a   Fang, Yu ^a   Zhu, Lifei ^a   Li, Hedan ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Wang, Xiaoyuan ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ectoine production; Escherichia coli; PaeAspDH; Precursor accumulation; Rational engineering; Temperature controlled fermentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85116272802     PISSN: 26627655     EISSN: 26627663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s43393-021-00031-1     Document Type: Article

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