Production of ethanol from L-arabinose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae containing a fungal L-arabinose pathway

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-189

  Richard, Peter ^a   Verho, Ritva ^a   Putkonen, Mikko ^a   Londesborough, John ^a   Penttilä, Merja ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

L Arabinitol 4 dehydrogenase; L Arabinose; L Xylulose reductase; Pentose fermentation; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARABINITOL; ARABINOSE; FUNGAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATE; XYLITOL; XYLULOSE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037375506     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1356(02)00184-8     Document Type: Article

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