Development and characterisation of a recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant strain with enhanced xylose fermentation properties

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 599-607

  Thanvanthri Gururajan, Vasudevan ^a   Van Rensburg, Pierre ^a   Hahn Hägerdal, Bärbel ^b   Pretorius, Isak S ^a,c   Cordero Otero, Ricardo R ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AUSTRALIAN WINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mutagenesis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; XKS1; XYL1; XYL2; Xylitol dehydrogenase; Xylose fermentation; Xylose reductase; Xylulokinase; Yeast

Indexed keywords

PICHIA STIPITIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 38849117875     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175361     Document Type: Article

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