The Ehrlich pathway for fusel alcohol production: A century of research on Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2259-2266

  Hazelwood, Lucie A ^a,b   Daran, Jean Marc ^a,b   Van Maris, Antonius J A ^a,b   Pronk, Jack T ^a,b   Dickinson, J Richard ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FUSEL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL; METABOLISM; RESEARCH; YEAST;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECARBOXYLATION; EHRLICH PATHWAY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSAMINATION; YEAST;

ALCOHOLS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 42349106782     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02625-07     Document Type: Short Survey

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