Combined metabolic engineering of precursor and co-factor supply to increase α-santalene production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Scalcinati, Gionata ^a   Partow, Siavash ^a   Siewers, Verena ^a   Schalk, Michel ^b   Daviet, Laurent ^b   Nielsen, Jens ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Analysis and Perception Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuous culture; Isoprenoids; Metabolic engineering; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sesquiterpenes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SANTALENE; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; MEVALONIC ACID; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MEVALONIC ACID; PLASMIDS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SESQUITERPENES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84865545171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-117     Document Type: Article

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