Genetically modified cyanobacteria for the production of ethanol, the constructs and method thereof
US6306639A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E50/10
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to the genetic modification of Cyanobacteria for the production of ethanol, and more particularly, to the genetic modification of Cyanobacteria by incorporating the genetic information encoding for pyruvate decarboxylase (pdc) and alcohol dehydrogenase (adh).
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