Optimization of ethanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by metabolic engineering of the ammonium assimilation

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-77

  Nissen, Torben L ^a,b   Kielland Brandt, Morten C ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^b   Villadsen, John ^b  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ETHANOL; FUNGAL GROWTH; GENETIC STRAIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLYCEROL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WILD RELATIVE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033929520     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mben.1999.0140     Document Type: Article

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