Improved production of fatty alcohols in cyanobacteria by metabolic engineering

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yao, Lun ^a,b   Qi, Fengxia ^a,b   Tan, Xiaoming ^a   Lu, Xuefeng ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Fatty acyl CoA reductase; Fatty alcohol; Marinobacter aquaeolei VT8

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS; FATTY ACYL-COA REDUCTASE; FATTY ALCOHOLS; HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION; MARINOBACTER; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

ALCOHOLS;

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 84904308130     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-7-94     Document Type: Article

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