Metabolic engineering of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 for isobutanol production

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 908-914

  Varman, Arul M ^a   Xiao, Yi ^a   Pakrasi, Himadri B ^a,b   Tang, Yinjie J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS GROWTH; CULTIVATION PROCESS; CULTURE CONDITIONS; CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS; HETEROLOGOUS GENES; HYDROXYL RADICALS; ISOBUTANOL; MIXOTROPHIC; OLEYL ALCOHOL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SHAKING FLASKS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

CELL CULTURE; FOSSIL FUELS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBAL WARMING; GLUCOSE; PROVEN RESERVES;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BICARBONATE; BUTANOL; GLUCOSE; ISOBUTANOL;

ACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOSSIL FUEL; FREE RADICAL; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUTAGENICITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BICARBONATES; BUTANOLS; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 84873812835     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02827-12     Document Type: Article

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