Microbial production of short-chain alkanes

Yong Jun Choi and Sang Yup Lee ()
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Yong Jun Choi: Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, BioProcess Engineering Research Center and Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea
Sang Yup Lee: Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, BioProcess Engineering Research Center and Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea

Nature, 2013, vol. 502, issue 7472, 571-574

Abstract: Microbes have already been engineered to produce diesel fuels, and now the microbial production of components of petrol (gasoline) including short-chain alkanes has been achieved using Escherichia coli strains metabolically engineered with components of fatty acid biosynthesis pathways.

Date: 2013
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