Microbial production of fatty acid-derived fuels and chemicals

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1044-1053

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM-DERIVED FUELS; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY;

ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; FUELS; KETONES; METABOLISM; STRAIN; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ACETONE; ACYL COENZYME A; ALDEHYDE; ALKANE; ALKENE; ALPHA OLEFIN; BIODIESEL; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; FATTY ALCOHOL; OIL; POLYESTER; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SOURCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LIPID DEGRADATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW;

BIOFUELS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 84887628007     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.02.028     Document Type: Review

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