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Engineering acyl carrier protein to enhance production of shortened fatty acids

BACKGROUND: The acyl carrier protein (ACP) is an essential and ubiquitous component of microbial synthesis of fatty acids, the natural precursor to biofuels. Natural fatty acids usually contain long chains of 16 or more carbon atoms. Shorter carbon chains, with increased fuel volatility, are desired...

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Autores principales: Liu, Xueliang, Hicks, Wade M., Silver, Pamela A., Way, Jeffrey C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13068-016-0430-4