Metabolic engineering of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates): From DNA to plastic

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-53

  Madison, Lara L ^a   Huisman, Gjalt W ^a,b  

^a Metabolix Inc   (United States)

^b Maxygen   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; COPOLYMER; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA EUTROPHA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0033046562     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.1.21-53.1999     Document Type: Article

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