Combined metabolic engineering of precursor and co-factor supply to increase α-santalene production by <it>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sesquiterpenes are a class of natural products with a diverse range of attractive industrial proprieties. Due to economic difficulties of sesquiterpene production via extraction from plants or chemical synthesis there is interest in...

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Main Authors: Scalcinati Gionata, Partow Siavash, Siewers Verena, Schalk Michel, Daviet Laurent, Nielsen Jens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
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Online Access:http://www.microbialcellfactories.com/content/11/1/117