Isoprenoid biosynthesis in prokaryotic organisms

Isoprenoid Synthesis in Plants and Microorganisms: New Concepts and Experimental Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-16

  Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel ^a   Boronat, Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaebacteria; Dimethylallyl diphosphate; Escherichia coli; Eubacteria; Isopentenyl diphosphate; Isoprenoid; Methylerythritol 4 phosphate; Mevalonate; Terpenoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955700562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4063-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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