Synthetic biology approaches to biofuel production

Biofuels

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-12

  Ferry, Michael S ^a,b   Hasty, Jeff ^a,b   Cookson, Natalie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

algae; biofuels; biomass; genetically modified organisms; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055176307     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.11.151     Document Type: Review

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