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Metabolic engineering delivers next-generation biofuels

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The ability to produce 'higher-chain' alcohols in Escherichia coli could pave the way for advanced biofuels.

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Figure 1: Candidate biofuels and their relationships to intermediary metabolism.

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  1. Jay D. Keasling and Howard Chou are in both the Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, 717 Potter Street, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, and at the Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, California 94608, USA. keasling@berkeley.edu,

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J.D.K. has financial interests in Amyris and LS9, both of which are involved in producing advanced biofuels.

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