Genetic resources for advanced biofuel production described with the Gene Ontology

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Torto Alalibo, Trudy ^a,b   Purwantini, Endang ^a,b   Lomax, Jane ^c   Setubal, João C ^b,d   Mukhopadhyay, Biswarup ^a,b,e   Tyler, Brett M ^b,e  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced alcohols; Advanced biofuels; Cellulosome; Fatty acid derived fuel; Gene Ontology; Isoprenoid derived fuel; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ALKANE; ALKENE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BIODIESEL; BUTANOL; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULOSE 1, 4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; CELLULOSOME; COHESIN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLYCINE; ISOBUTANOL; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; XYLAN; XYLAN ENDO 1, 3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOVORANS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC RESOURCE; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84916934606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00528     Document Type: Review

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