Engineering the monomer composition of polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 536-543

  Zhang, Bo ^c   Carlson, Ross ^b   Srienc, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; MONOMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YEAST;

BIOCOMPATIBLE PLASTICS; CYTOSOL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

ESTERS;

ACETIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FORMIC ACID; GLYCEROL; HOMOSERINE; LAURIC ACID; MONOMER; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PLASTIC; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYMER; PYRUVIC ACID; TRIDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECANOIC ACID; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLY(3 HYDROXYALKENOATE)POLYMERASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKENOATE)POLYMERASE; POLYESTER;

BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME; FATTY ACID; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; POLYMER; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CYTOSOL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURAL GENE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA; WILD TYPE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PEROXISOMES; POLYESTERS; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33644848894     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.536-543.2006     Document Type: Article

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