Engineering of hydrocarbon metabolism in yeast

The present invention relates to the development of genetically engineered yeasts that can produce hydrocarbons in a controllable and economic fashion. More specifically the invention relates to the production of liquid alkanes and alkenes that can be used for liquid transportation fuels, specialty...

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Hauptverfasser: Buijs, Nicolaas A. A, David, Florian, Nielsen, Jens, Siewers, Verena, Zhou, Yongjin, Goncalves Teixeira, Paulo Alexandre
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to the development of genetically engineered yeasts that can produce hydrocarbons in a controllable and economic fashion. More specifically the invention relates to the production of liquid alkanes and alkenes that can be used for liquid transportation fuels, specialty chemicals, or feed stock for further chemical conversion.