Metabolic engineering: Enabling technology for biofuels production

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 293-294

  Stephanopoulos, Gregory ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; EDITORIAL; ENERGY CROP; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLOMICS;

EID: 57049185838     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2008.10.003     Document Type: Editorial

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