Assembly of a novel biosynthetic pathway for production of the plant flavonoid fisetin in Escherichia coli

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-93

  Stahlhut, Steen G ^a   Siedler, Solvej ^a   Malla, Sailesh ^a   Harrison, Scott J ^a   Maury, JérÔme ^a   Neves, Ana Rute ^a   Forster, Jochen ^a  

^a Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic pathway; Cell factory; Fisetin; Garbanzol; Polyphenols; Resokaempferol

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVONOIDS; METABOLITES; MOLECULES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; FISETIN; GARBANZOL; POLYPHENOLS; RESOKAEMPFEROL;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID; CYTOCHROME P450; FISETIN; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; GARBANZOL; LIQUIRITIGENIN; RESOKAEMPFEROL; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLAVONOID;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; TYROSINE;

EID: 84938397207     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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