Metabolic engineering of yeast for production of fuels and chemicals

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 398-404

  Nielsen, Jens ^a,b   Larsson, Christer ^a   van Maris, Antonius ^c   Pronk, Jack ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SCIENCE FOR LIFE LABORATORY   (Sweden)

^c KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED BIOFUELS; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; CELLULAR PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; PRODUCTION OF; S.CEREVISIAE; SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS; YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING; YEAST;

BIOETHANOL;

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; ARABINOSE; ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BIOETHANOL; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD); ISOPRENOID; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MALIC ACID; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RESVERATROL; SESQUITERPENE; SUCCINIC ACID; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ALLELE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL BIOMASS; GDH1 GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GLN1 GENE; GLT1 GENE; GPD1 GENE; GPD2 GENE; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MTH1 GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOICHIOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TPS1 GENE; TPS2 GENE;

BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ETHANOL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84878641167     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.03.023     Document Type: Review

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