Metabolic engineering of higher plants and algae for isoprenoid production

Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-199

  Kempinski, Chase ^a   Jiang, Zuodong ^a   Bell, Stephen ^a   Chappell, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Carbon neutral; Engineering; Genetic engineering; Genetically modified; Isoprenoids; Metabolic; Metabolism; Mevalonic acid; Mitochondria; Natural products; Organisms; Pathway; Phosphate pathway; Plastid; Prenyl transferase; Sub cellular; Synthase; Synthetic biology; Terpene; Terpenoids; Tissue specific; Methylerythritol; Biotechnology; Plants

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CARBON; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS; DRUG DESIGN; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHLAMYDOMONAS; DRUG DESIGN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SEEDS; TERPENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84930205593     PISSN: 07246145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/10_2014_290     Document Type: Article

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