Improving photosynthesis and metabolic networks for the competitive production of phototroph-derived biofuels

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 290-297

  Work, Victoria H ^a   D'Adamo, Sarah ^a   Radakovits, Randor ^a   Jinkerson, Robert E ^a   Posewitz, Matthew C ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIO-HYDROGEN; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CARBON FIXATION; HIGHLY INTEGRATED; LIGHT CAPTURE; METABOLIC NETWORK; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BIOFUELS;

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; HYDROGEN; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOENERGY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBON FIXATION; CATALYSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENERGY YIELD; HARVEST; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT QUALITY; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UMBELLULARIA CALIFORNICA;

BIOFUELS; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPLASTS; CYANOBACTERIA; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; PLANTS;

EID: 84861970601     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.11.022     Document Type: Review

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