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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2018

Evolutionary engineering improves tolerance for medium-chain alcohols in

Stephanie A Davis López, Douglas Andrew Griffith, Brian Choi, Jamie H D Cate, Danielle Tullman-Ercek

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Stephanie A Davis LópezNext Interactions, Richmond, CA 94806 USA.
Douglas Andrew Griffith2Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Tech E-136, Evanston, IL 60208-3109 USA.
Brian Choi3Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
Jamie H D Cate4Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA.
Danielle Tullman-Ercek2Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Tech E-136, Evanston, IL 60208-3109 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6734-480X
Northwestern University · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · USNext Interactions (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundYeast-based chemical production is an environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum-based production or processes that involve harsh chemicals. However, many potential alcohol biofuels, such as

resultsWe evolved the laboratory strain of

conclusionsWe successfully generated

Indexed as

Alcohol toleranceBiofuelseIF2eIF2BMedium-chain alcoholsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeTranslation initiation

Identifiers

PMID29619086
PMCPMC5880003
OpenAlexW2800533221

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