Synthetic biology approaches to bio-based chemical production

Inexpensive petroleum is the cornerstone of the modern global economy despite its huge environmental costs and its nature as a non-renewable resource. While ninety percent of petroleum is ultimately used as fuel and can in principle be replaced by sources of renewable electricity, ten percent is use...

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Main Author: Torella, Joseph Peter
Other Authors: Silver, Pamela A.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard.inactive:11738
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13088835