Elucidating and reprogramming Escherichia coli metabolisms for obligate anaerobic n-butanol and isobutanol production

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1083-1094

  Trinh, Cong T ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced biofuels; Cofactor engineering; Elementary mode analysis; Ethanol; Fermentation; Isobutanol; Metabolic pathway alignment; Metabolic pathway analysis; Metabolic pathway design; N Butanol; Rational strain design

Indexed keywords

COFACTOR ENGINEERING; ELEMENTARY MODE; ISOBUTANOL; METABOLIC PATHWAY ANALYSIS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; N-BUTANOL;

ALCOHOLS; BIOFUELS; DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN;

METABOLISM;

BIOFUEL; BUTANOL; ISOBUTANOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ALCOHOL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFUEL; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHENOTYPE;

1-BUTANOL; ANAEROBIOSIS; BUTANOLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; NAD; NADP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84864631184     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4197-7     Document Type: Article

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