this trio of genes enabled the E. coli to synthesize from glucose
long-chain alkene hydrocarbons. These long-chain alkenes can then be reduced in size - a
process called "cracking ... identified three genes encoding enzymes that are
essential for the bacterial synthesis of alkenes. With this information we were able to
convert an E. coli strain that normally cannot make ... long-chain alkenes into an alkene
producer."
Working with Beller on this study were Ee-Been Goh and Jay Keasling. The three were the
co-authors of a paper that