Sustainable heterologous production of terpene hydrocarbons in cyanobacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2016, Pages 123-135

  Formighieri, Cinzia ^a   Melis, Anastasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic engineering; Mevalonic acid pathway; Monoterpene hydrocarbons; Phycocyanin; Synechocystis; Phellandrene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROCARBON; TERPENE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROCEDURES; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TERPENES;

EID: 84958772492     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: 15735079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-016-0233-2     Document Type: Article

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