Controlled biosynthesis of odd-chain fuels and chemicals via engineered modular metabolic pathways

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 17925-17930

  Tseng, Hsien Chung ^a   Prather, Kristala L J ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemicals; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOFUEL; BIOPOLYMER; BUTANOL; COENZYME A; ISOPRENOID; MEVALONIC ACID; PENTANOL; PROPIONIC ACID; VALERIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BIOFUELS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84868098920     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209002109     Document Type: Article

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