Transcriptional engineering for improved microbial cell performances in biofuel production

• Main Author: Geng, Hefang
• Other Authors: Jiang Rongrong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Molecular biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66906
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae are widely used to produce different kinds of compounds because they have several advantages over other organisms, such as short growing period, well-known genetics and metabolism, and availability of genetic manipulation tools. Biofuels have attracted r...