Metabolic engineering of Clostridium cellulolyticum for the production of n-butanol from crystalline cellulose

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gaida, Stefan Marcus ^a   Liedtke, Andrea ^a   Jentges, Andreas Heinz Wilhelm ^a   Engels, Benedikt ^a   Jennewein, Stefan ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Butanol; Clostridia; Clostridium cellulolyticum; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BUTANOL; BUTYRYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CELLOBIOSE; HEMOGLOBIN DELTA CHAIN; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE;

ADHE2 GENE; ARTICLE; ATOB GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BCD GENE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCK; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRT GENE; CULTIVATED SPECIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE CLUSTER; HBD GENE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUGAR INTAKE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM;

1-BUTANOL; BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84953790368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-015-0406-2     Document Type: Article

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