Butanol production from renewable biomass: Rediscovery of metabolic pathways and metabolic engineering

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-198

  Jang, Yu Sin ^a   Lee, Joungmin ^a   Malaviya, Alok ^a   Seung, Do Young ^b   Cho, Jung Hee ^b   Lee, Sang Yup ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b GS Caltex Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomass; Butanol; Clostridium; Metabolic engineering; Metabolic pathway

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENESIS; FOSSIL RESOURCES; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION; METABOLIC CHARACTERISTICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING APPROACH; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; SOLVENTOGENESIS; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT;

ALCOHOLS; BIOMASS; BUTENES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOSTRIDIUM; GASOLINE; METABOLISM;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BUTANOL; CELLULOSE; GLYCEROL; SUCROSE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCROSE METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BUTANOLS; CLOSTRIDIUM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 84863012205     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201100059     Document Type: Review

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