Insights into isoprene production using the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Pade, Nadin ^a   Erdmann, Sabrina ^a   Enke, Heike ^b   Dethloff, Frederik ^c   Dühring, Ulf ^b   Georg, Jens ^d   Wambutt, Juliane ^b   Kopka, Joachim ^c   Hess, Wolfgang R ^d   Zimmermann, Ralf ^a   Kramer, Dan ^b   Hagemann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Algenol Biofuels   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Glucosylglycerol; Isoprene; Metabolome; Promoter; Salinity; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; FEEDSTOCKS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOIONIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CYANOBACTERIA; GLUCOSYLGLYCEROL; METABOLOMES; PROMOTER; SALINITY; TRANSCRIPTOMES;

ISOPRENE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIUM; INORGANIC CARBON; ISOPRENE; PROKARYOTE; RNA; SALINITY;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 85007592823     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0503-4     Document Type: Article

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