Metabolic engineering of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 to produce poly-3-hydroxybutyrate and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-183

  Zhang, Shuyi ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Bryant, Donald A ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Metabolic engineering; Photosynthesis; Poly hydroxyalkanoate; Poly hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

4-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CELL DRY WEIGHT; CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

4 HYDROXYBUTYRYL COENZYME A; BIOFUEL; BIOMATERIAL; COENZYME A; COPOLYMER; POLY 3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 4 HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); SUCCINIC SEMIALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-4-HYDROXYBUTYRATE); POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROGLOEOPSIS FRITSCHII; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROCEDURES;

CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE DELETION; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTATION; POLYESTERS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84945308688     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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