Modulation of the phosphate-starvation response in Escherichia coli by genetic manipulation of the polyphosphate pathways

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 434-438

  Sharfstein, Susan T ^a   Van Dien, Stephen J ^a   Keasling, J D ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; gene expression, heterologous; phosphate starvation; polyphosphate

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOSPHATES;

BACTERIAL STRAINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

BACTERIA;

POLYPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PROMOTER REGION; STARVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 9544255799     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960820)51:4<434::AID-BIT6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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