Engineering Neurospora crassa for improved cellobiose and cellobionate production

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 597-603

  Hildebrand, Amanda ^a   Szewczyk, Edyta ^a,c   Lin, Hui ^a   Kasuga, Takao ^a,b   Fan, Zhiliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service   (United States)

^c Stevia First Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELLOBIOSE DEHYDROGENASE; CELLULASE PRODUCTION; ENGINEERED STRAINS; HYDROLYSIS RATE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PRODUCT CONSUMPTION;

CELLULOSE;

CATABOLISM; CELLULOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLYSIS; MUTATION;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

CELLOBIONIC ACID; CELLOBIOSE; DISACCHARIDE;

GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

CELLOBIOSE; DISACCHARIDES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84920721209     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02885-14     Document Type: Article

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