Defossiling fuel: How synthetic biology can transform biofuel production

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-16

  Savage, David F ^a   Way, Jeffrey ^b   Silver, Pamela A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMD SERONO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; BUTANOL; FOSSIL FUEL; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BIOENERGY; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 38749110064     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb700259j     Document Type: Article

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