Advanced biofuel-oriented engineering of fatty acid pathway: a review

Shengwu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1261-1267

  Zhou, Yongjin J ^a,b   Zhao, Zongbao K ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Advanced biofuel; Biodiesel; Fatty acid metabolism; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIOFUEL; FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL;

BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALKANES; BACTERIA; BIOFUELS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 80555144125     PISSN: 10003061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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