Transcription activator-like effector nucleases mediated metabolic engineering for enhanced fatty acids production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 364-371

  Aouida, Mustapha ^a   Li, Lixin ^a   Mahjoub, Ali ^a   Alshareef, Sahar ^a   Ali, Zahir ^a   Piatek, Agnieszka ^a   Mahfouz, Magdy M ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biofuel production; Free fatty acids; Genome engineering; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic biology; Transcription activator like effector nucleases

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; GENES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUBSTRATES; TRANSCRIPTION; YEAST;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; FREE FATTY ACID; GENOME ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATORS;

FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACID; HETERODIMER; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASE; ACYL COENZYME A; COENZYME A LIGASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; FAA1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; FAA4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS MUTANT; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ACYL COENZYME A; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COENZYME A LIGASES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENOME, FUNGAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84940891387     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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