Engineering modular ester fermentative pathways in Escherichia coli

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-88

  Layton, Donovan S ^a   Trinh, Cong T ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyrate esters; Ethyl butyrate; Fermentation; Isobutyl butyrate; Isopropyl butyrate; Modular cell chassis

Indexed keywords

ETHYL BUTYRATE; ISOBUTYL; ISOPROPYL BUTYRATE; MODULAR CELLS;

FERMENTATION;

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ESTER; GLUCOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRECURSOR; WILD TYPE; ESTERIFICATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GLUCOSE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84907930055     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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