Modifying yeast tolerance to inhibitory conditions of ethanol production processes

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Caspeta, Luis ^a   Castillo, Tania ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Technical University of Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cellular stress response; Design based engineering; Ethanol production process; Inhibitory environment; Integrated omics analysis; Stress tolerance; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALING; CELLULOSE; ETHANOL; LIGNIN; SIGNALING; YEAST;

CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; INHIBITORY ENVIRONMENT; INTEGRATED-OMICS ANALYSIS; STRESS TOLERANCE;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84984611633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00184     Document Type: Review

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