CRISPR-Cas9-enabled genetic disruptions for understanding ethanol and ethyl acetate biosynthesis in Kluyveromyces marxianus

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Löbs, Ann Kathrin ^a   Engel, Ronja ^a,b   Schwartz, Cory ^a   Flores, Andrew ^a   Wheeldon, Ian ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b MANNHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetate esters; Bioethanol; CRISPR Cas9; Hemiacetal; Metabolic engineering; Thermotolerant yeast

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOETHANOL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESTERS; GENES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; RNA; YEAST;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; CRISPR-CAS9; HEMIACETALS; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; PUTATIVE FUNCTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THERMOTOLERANT YEASTS;

ETHANOL;

ESTER; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; RNA; YEAST;

KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 85021659245     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0854-5     Document Type: Article

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