Metabolic engineering for higher alcohol production

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-182

  Nozzi, Nicole E ^a   Desai, Shuchi H ^a   Case, Anna E ^a   Atsumi, Shota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Butanol; Higher alcohol; Isobutanol

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BUTENES; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLISM;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CARBON FLUXES; FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; HIGHER ALCOHOLS; ISOBUTANOL; ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; SOLVENT PRODUCTION;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; BUTANOL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; FARNESOL; FATTY ALCOHOL; ISOBUTANOL; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; ISOPRENALINE; ISOPRENOID; OXOACID; PROPANOL; PYROPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEGRADATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SHORT SURVEY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FUNGUS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALCOHOLS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84907301525     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.07.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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