Engineering Escherichia coli to synthesize free fatty acids

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 659-667

  Lennen, Rebecca M ^a,b,c   Pfleger, Brian F ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

oxidation; Biofuel; Escherichia coli; Fatty acid; Metabolic engineering; Thioesterase

Indexed keywords

ACID PRODUCTION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FREE FATTY ACID; HIGH-ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGHER YIELD; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION; OLEOCHEMICALS; PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; THEORETICAL LIMITS; THIOESTERASES;

BIOFUELS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FATTY ACID; FUEL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW;

BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84869122829     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2012.09.006     Document Type: Review

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