Re-direction of carbon flux to key precursor malonyl-CoA via artificial small RNAs in photosynthetic Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Sun, Tao ^a,b   Li, Shubin ^a,b   Song, Xinyu ^a   Pei, Guangsheng ^a,b   Diao, Jinjin ^a,b   Cui, Jinyu ^a,b   Shi, Mengliang ^a,b   Chen, Lei ^a,b   Zhang, Weiwen ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Malonyl CoA; Metabolic regulation; Small RNA tools

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA; SCAFFOLDS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS; MALONYL-COA; METABOLIC REGULATIONS; SMALL RNA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BIOFUEL; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON FLUX; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 85041457826     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1032-0     Document Type: Article

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