Long-chain alkane production by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1275-1279

  Buijs, Nicolaas A ^a   Zhou, Yongjin J ^a   Siewers, Verena ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advanced biofuels; Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Alkanes; Fatty alcohols; Fatty aldehydes; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOETHANOL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHAINS; DROPS; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; PARAFFINS; REDOX REACTIONS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION; YEAST;

ADVANCED BIOFUELS; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOFUELS;

ALKANE; HEPTADECANE; HEXADECENAL DEHYDROGENASE; LONG CHAIN ALKANE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENTADECANE; TRIDECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALKANES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84928426504     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25522     Document Type: Article

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