Engineering microbes for isoprene production

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 125-138

  Ye, Lidan ^a,b   Lv, Xiaomei ^a   Yu, Hongwei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Isoprene; Isoprene synthase; Metabolic engineering; Protein engineering; Yeast

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; YEAST;

BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; ENGINEERED STRAINS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; ISOPRENE SYNTHASE; NATURAL EMISSIONS; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION;

ISOPRENE;

ENZYME; ISOPRENE; ISOPRENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TERPENE; TRANSFERASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TERPENES;

EID: 84982833710     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.07.005     Document Type: Review

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