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Metabolic deficiences revealed in the biotechnologically important model bacterium Escherichia coli BL21(DE3).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Pinske Constanze, Bönn Markus, Krüger Sara, Lindenstrauss Ute, Sawers R Gary
Abstract excerpt
The Escherichia coli B strain BL21(DE3) has had a profound impact on biotechnology through its use in the production of recombinant proteins. Little is understood, however, regarding the physiology of this important E. coli strain. We show here that BL21(DE3) totally lacks activity of the four [NiFe]-hydrogenases, the three molybdenum- and selenium-containing formate dehydrogenases and molybdenum-dependent...
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