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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2017

Modular pathway engineering for the microbial production of branched-chain fatty alcohols.

Wen Jiang, James B Qiao, Gayle J Bentley, Di Liu, Fuzhong Zhang

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Wen JiangDepartment of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1180, Saint Louis, MO 63130 USA.
James B QiaoDepartment of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1180, Saint Louis, MO 63130 USA.
Gayle J BentleyDivision of Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO 63130 USA.
Di LiuDepartment of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1180, Saint Louis, MO 63130 USA.
Fuzhong ZhangDepartment of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1180, Saint Louis, MO 63130 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6979-7909

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intrinsic structural properties of branched long-chain fatty alcohols (BLFLs) in the range of C12 to C18 make them more suitable as diesel fuel replacements and for other industrial applications than their straight-chain counterparts. While microbial production of straight long-chain fatty alcohols has been achieved, biosynthesis of BLFLs has never been reported. In this work, we engineered four different biosynthetic pathways in

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Advanced biofuelsBranched-chain fatty acidsBranched long-chain fatty alcoholsModular pathway engineering

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PMID29090017
PMCPMC5658922

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