Linear Hydrocarbon Producing Pathways in Plants, Algae and Microbes

Green Energy and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Brown, Mark ^a   Shanks, Jacqueline ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLATION; FATTY ACIDS;

ACID PRECURSORS; BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS; GENETIC BASIS; GENETIC FACTORS; ISOPRENOIDS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL SPECIES; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84883169842     PISSN: 18653529     EISSN: 18653537     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2324-8_1     Document Type: Review

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