Metabolic engineering strategies for microbial synthesis of oleochemicals

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Pfleger, Brian F ^a,b   Gossing, Michael ^c   Nielsen, Jens ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodisesel; Fatty acid; Metabolic engineering; Oleochemical; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; METABOLISM; MOLECULES; OIL SHALE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODISESEL; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR FEATURE; OLEOCHEMICAL; OLEOCHEMICALS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; BIODIESEL; OLEOCHEMICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOCATALYST; ENERGY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; STORAGE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; PROCEDURES;

FATTY ACIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANT OILS;

EID: 84923921660     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.01.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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