Design and construction of a non-natural malate to 1,2,4-butanetriol pathway creates possibility to produce 1,2,4-butanetriol from glucose

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Xinghua ^a   Cai, Zhen ^a   Li, Yin ^a   Zhang, Yanping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84904209735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05541     Document Type: Article

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