Metabolic engineering and pathway construction for biotechnological production of relevant polyhydroxyalkanoates in microorganisms

Biochemical Engineering Journal - Tập 16 Số 2 - Trang 81-96 - 2003
Alexander Steinbüchel1, Tina Lütke‐Eversloh1
1Institut für Mikrobiologie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität, Corrensstraße 3, D-48149 Münster, Germany

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