The production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in recombinant Escherichia coli

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2313-2320

  Li, Rui ^a   Zhang, Hanxing ^a   Qi, Qingsheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Metabolic engineering; Polyester; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Production

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

POLYESTERS;

CARBON; PLASTIC; POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; POLYESTERS;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA; ESTER; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; METABOLISM; PLASTIC; RECOMBINATION;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; POLYESTERS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33947141120     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.09.014     Document Type: Review

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