Metabolic engineering for improved fermentation of pentoses by yeasts

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 495-509

  Jeffries, T W ^a   Jin, Y S ^b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ARABINOSE; BIOFUEL; CELLULASE; CHEMICAL AGENT; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; LIGNOCELLULOSE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENTOSE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SULFITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLITOL; XYLITOL DEHYDROGENASE; XYLOSE; XYLOSE ISOMERASE; XYLULOKINASE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; SUGAR; YEAST;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PICHIA STIPITIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOPLAST; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; SUGAR TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

AEROBIOSIS; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARABINOSE; D-XYLULOSE REDUCTASE; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PENTOSES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; XYLOSE; YEASTS;

FUNGI; PICHIA STIPITIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1242264261     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1450-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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