Metabolic engineering of Rhizopus oryzae for the production of platform chemicals

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 875-886

  Meussen, Bas J ^a   De Graaff, Leo H ^a   Sanders, Johan P M ^a   Weusthuis, Ruud A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heterologous gene expression; Metabolic engineering; Metabolic pathways; Rhizopus oryzae; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCE; ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; FERMENTATION PRODUCTS; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; FUMARIC ACIDS; GENETIC MAKE-UP; HETEROLOGOUS GENES; HIGH YIELD; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; PYRUVATES; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; THEORETICAL YIELD; TRANSFORMATION; ZYGOMYCETES;

CARBON; CHEMICALS; ETHANOL; LACTIC ACID; METABOLISM;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL; FUMARIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

BIOENGINEERING; CARBON; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON SOURCE; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; REACTOR; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON; ETHANOL; FUMARATES; LACTIC ACID; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; RHIZOPUS;

FUNGI; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 84862896356     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4033-0     Document Type: Review

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