Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for 1-butanol production from carbon dioxide

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-363

  Lan, Ethan I ^a   Liao, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Butanol; Cyanobacteria; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

1-BUTANOL; BUTYRYL-COA; CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS; CHROMOSOMAL INTEGRATION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPECIES; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION PATHWAYS; REDUCING POWER; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM;

ALCOHOLS;

BIOFUEL; BUTANOL; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COENZYME A; FERREDOXIN; METHYLCROTONOYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; POLYHISTIDINE TAG; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

1-BUTANOL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUTYRYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 79958747820     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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