Metabolic engineering for the microbial production of 1,3-propanediol

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 454-459

  Nakamura, Charles E ^a   Whited, Gregory M ^b  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 PROPANEDIOL; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COBAMAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HYDROLYASE;

BIOCATALYST; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0142027026     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2003.08.005     Document Type: Review

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