Metabolic engineering of yeasts by heterologous enzyme production for degradation of cellulose and hemicellulose from biomass: A perspective

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Kricka, William ^a   Fitzpatrick, James ^a   Bond, Ursula ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cellulases; Recombinant yeasts; Xylose utilizing enzymes

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ENERGY; BIOPROCESS; CONSOLIDATED BIOPROCESSING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RECOMBINANT YEAST; REVIEW; SACCHARIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

EID: 84899666911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00174     Document Type: Review

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