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Zhiwei Zhu1, Yongjin J Zhou1, Min-Kyoung Kang1

  • 1Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden.

Metabolic Engineering
|September 24, 2017
PubMed

Keywords:
1-AlkenesAlkanesMedium-chain fatty acidsSaccharomyces cerevisiae

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