Heterologous xylose isomerase pathway and evolutionary engineering improve xylose utilization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Qi, Xin ^a   Zha, Jian ^a   Liu, Gao Gang ^a   Zhang, Weiwen ^a   Li, Bing Zhi ^a   Yuan, Ying Jin ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evolutionary engineering; Synthetic biology; XylA; Xylose isomerase; Xylose utilization; Yeast

Indexed keywords

LIGNOCELLULOSE; XYLOSE; XYLOSE ISOMERASE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SERIAL ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION;

EID: 84946822693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01165     Document Type: Article

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