Metabolic design for cyanobacterial chemical synthesis

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 249-261

  Oliver, John W K ^a   Atsumi, Shota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Carbon fixation; Chemical feedstocks; Cyanobacteria; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

CARBON;

CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECARBOXYLATION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CARBON; CYANOBACTERIA; DECARBOXYLATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84901846248     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-014-9997-4     Document Type: Review

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