Exploring fatty alcohol-producing capability of Yarrowia lipolytica

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Guokun ^a,b   Xiong, Xiaochao ^a   Ghogare, Rishikesh ^a   Wang, Pengdong ^a   Meng, Yonghong ^a,c   Chen, Shulin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tianjin Airport Economic Area   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fatty acyl CoA; Fatty alcohol; Metabolic engineering; Yarrowia lipolytica; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); YEAST;

ACYL-COA; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACYL-COA REDUCTASE; FATTY ALCOHOLS; OLEAGINOUS MICROORGANISMS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

FATTY ACIDS;

ALCOHOL; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; YEAST;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 84974663289     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0512-3     Document Type: Article

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