Towards improved butanol production through targeted genetic modification of Clostridium pasteurianum

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue , 2017, Pages 124-137

  Schwarz, Katrin M ^a   Grosse Honebrink, Alexander ^a   Derecka, Kamila ^a   Rotta, Carlo ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Minton, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1,3 propanediol; Butanol; Clostridium pasteurianum; DhaBCE; HydA; Rex

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CARBON; CLOSTRIDIUM; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GLYCEROL; METABOLISM; PROVEN RESERVES;

1 ,3 PROPANEDIOL; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; DHABCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; HYDA; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

1,3 PROPANEDIOL; ACETYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL DNA; BUTANOL; CARBON; GLYCEROL DEHYDRATASE; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; HYDROGENASE; HYDROLYASE; LACTIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; REDOX RESPONSE REGULATOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROL;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SOURCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA MODIFICATION; EXCISION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SANGER SEQUENCING; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BUTANOLS; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GLYCEROL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85011273458     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.01.009     Document Type: Article

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