Genetically engineered Saccharomyces yeast capable of effective cofermentation of glucose and xylose

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1852-1859

  Ho, Nancy W Y ^a   Chen, Zhengdao ^a   Brainard, Adam P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES;

PICHIA STIPITIS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES SP.;

EID: 0031832290     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1852-1859.1998     Document Type: Article

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