Fatty acid production in genetically modified cyanobacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6899-6904

  Liu, Xinyao ^a   Sheng, Jie ^a   Curtiss III, Roy ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CELL DENSITY; CODON; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA MODIFICATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BIOFUELS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 79955565417     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103014108     Document Type: Article

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