In vitro synthesis of 9,10-dihydroxyhexadecanoic acid using recombinant Escherichia coli

Abstract Background Hydroxy fatty acids are widely used in food, chemical and cosmetic industries. A variety of dihydroxy fatty acids have been synthesized so far; however, no studies have been done on the synthesis of 9,10-dihydroxyhexadecanoic acid. In the present study recombinant E. coli has bee...

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Main Authors: Anees Kaprakkaden, Preeti Srivastava, Virendra Swarup Bisaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-017-0696-7