Yeast synthetic biology for high-value metabolites

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dai, Zhubo ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Guo, Juan ^b   Huang, Luqi ^b   Zhang, Xueli ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

High value metabolites; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ARTEMISININ; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; GINSENOSIDE; NARINGENIN; RESVERATROL; STEROID; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; TANSHINONE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE;

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; DRY WEIGHT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; YEAST CELL; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85027943094     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12187     Document Type: Short Survey

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