Production of fatty acid-derived valuable chemicals in synthetic microbes

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Ai Qun ^a,b   Pratomo Juwono, Nina Kurniasih ^a,b   Leong, Susanna Su Jan ^a,b,c   Chang, Matthew Wook ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biochemical production; Escherichia coli; Fatty acid biosynthesis pathway; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic biology; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; CHEMICALS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; YEAST;

BIOLOGICAL SOURCES; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVES; HYDROXY FATTY ACIDS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; VALUABLE CHEMICALS;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 85018216530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00078     Document Type: Review

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