Ethanolic fermentation of xylose with Saccharomyces cerevisiae harboring the Thermus thermophilus xylA gene, which expresses an active xylose (glucose) isomerase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4648-4651

  Walfridsson, Mats ^a   Bao, Xiaoming ^b   Anderlund, Mikael ^a   Lilius, Gösta ^a   Bülow, Leif ^a   Hahn Hägerdal, Bärbel ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE ISOMERASE; OXYGEN; XYLITOL; XYLOSE; XYLOSE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0029909726     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4648-4651.1996     Document Type: Article

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