Biological synthesis of coumarins in Escherichia coli

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yang, So Mi ^a   Shim, Geun Young ^a   Kim, Bong Gyu ^b   Ahn, Joong Hoon ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coumarins; Feruloyl CoA 6' hydroxylase; Hydroxycinnamic acid; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA LYASE; CAFFEIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; ESCULETIN; FERULIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PARA COUMARIC ACID; SCOPOLETIN; TYROSINE; UMBELLIFERONE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE;

4CL GENE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DELETION MUTANT; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; F6H GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

COUMARIC ACIDS; COUMARINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84928749665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-015-0248-y     Document Type: Article

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