Metabolic pathway balancing and its role in the production of biofuels and chemicals

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-59

  Jones, J Andrew ^a   Toparlak, Ö Duhan ^a   Koffas, Mattheos AG ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; METABOLISM;

CONTROL TECHNIQUES; HIGH-VALUE CHEMICALS; METABOLIC FLUX; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BIOFUEL; FATTY ACID; MESSENGER RNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCREENING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ALCOHOLS; BIOFUELS; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84911920717     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.11.013     Document Type: Review

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