Advanced biofuel production by the yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 480-488

  Buijs, Nicolaas A ^a   Siewers, Verena ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SCIENCE FOR LIFE LABORATORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; BISABOLENE; BUTANOL; FARNESENE; ISOBUTANOL; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COMBUSTION; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

BIOFUELS; BUTANOLS; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SESQUITERPENES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84878848636     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.03.036     Document Type: Review

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