Engineered synthetic pathway for isopropanol production in Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7814-7818

  Hanai, T ^a,b   Atsumi, S ^a   Liao, J C ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYUCUM; ISOPROPANOL PRODUCTION; SECONDARY ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

2 PROPANOL; ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CARBOXYLYASE;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; GENE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

2-PROPANOL; ACETYL-COA C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; THERMOANAEROBACTER BROCKII;

EID: 37349093415     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01140-07     Document Type: Article

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