Engineering a mevalonate pathway in Escherichia coli for production of terpenoids

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 796-802

  Martin, Vincent J J ^a,b   Piteral, Douglas J ^a   Withers, Sydnor T ^a   Newman, Jack D ^a   Keasling, Jay D ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVORS; FRAGRANCES; OLEFINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FRAGRANCE COMPOUNDS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALKENE; AMORPHADIENE; ARTEMISININ; CARYOPHYLLENE; DIMETHYLALLYLPYROPHOSPHATE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; MEVALONIC ACID; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMORPHA 4,11 DIENE SYNTHASE GENE; AMORPHADIENE SYNTHASE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TERPENE SYNTHASE GENE;

ALKENES; CELL DIVISION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEVALONIC ACID; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TERPENES;

AMORPHA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0038391517     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt833     Document Type: Article

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