From cyanochemicals to cyanofactories: A review and perspective

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zhou, Jie ^a   Zhu, Taicheng ^a   Cai, Zhen ^a   Li, Yin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cofactor balance; Cyanobacteria; Cyanochemicals; Cyanofactories; Metabolic Engineering; Rerouting carbon flux; Rubisco; Strong promoter

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; WATER;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SOURCE; CARBOXYLATION; CELL METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHOTORESPIRATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 84953395638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-015-0405-3     Document Type: Review

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