Metabolic engineering to enhance the value of plants as green factories

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-91

  Yuan, Ling ^a   Grotewold, Erich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodity chemicals; Plant metabolic engineering; Specialized metabolism; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL CATALYSTS; COMMODITY CHEMICALS; FACTORIES OF THE FUTURES; PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS; PLANT METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANT SYNTHETIC BIOLOGIES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

ENZYME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACKCROSSING; BIOCATALYST; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENZYME METABOLISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENOME; PLANT METABOLISM; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL MODIFICATION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; GENETICS; GENOME, PLANT; METABOLISM; METHODS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

GENOME, PLANT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84913587392     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.11.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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